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Are you looking for a flavor-packed chicken recipe that requires minimum preparation? Look no further than this mouth-watering Trini stewed chicken with pigeon peas!

This recipe is perfect for those times when you want a delicious meal on the table without spending hours in the kitchen. Made with simple ingredients like chicken, green seasoning, onion, garlic, scallions, thyme, and pigeon peas, this dish is bursting with flavor and is sure to satisfy your taste buds.

The secret to this dish is the brown sugar, which, after it develops, adds a unique color to the chicken, a touch of sweetness, and helps to create a rich and flavorful sauce. The chicken is cooked until it’s tender and juicy, and the pigeon peas add a hearty and satisfying texture.

Best of all, this recipe requires no planning or preparation if you don’t feel like it. Simply, brown the sugar in a Dutch oven, then add the chicken with the other ingredients and let it cook low and slow until it’s ready to serve. Many times I do not marinate the chicken as I have done in the YouTube short & Social Media video and it is perfectly delicious. If you believe in marinating, do so for a min of 30. mins.

This dish is perfect served alongside rice, salad, and/or your favorite vegetables.

So why not give this recipe a try and experience the delicious flavors of Trini stewed chicken with pigeon peas for yourself? Your taste buds will thank you!

Stewed Chicken with Pigeon Peas

Are you looking for a flavor-packed chicken recipe that requires little-to-no preparation? Look no further than this mouth-watering Trini stewed chicken with pigeon peas! This recipe is perfect for those times when you want a delicious meal on the table without spending hours in the kitchen. Made with simple ingredients like chicken, green seasoning, onion, garlic, scallions, thyme, and pigeon peas, this dish is bursting with flavor and is sure to satisfy your taste buds.

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Course: dinner, lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: Caribbean, Trinidadian

Keyword: STEW CHICKEN, stewed chicken, STEWED CHICKEN WITH PIGEON PEAS, TRINI STEW CHICKEN

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 40

Servings: servings

Calories: 527kcal

Ingredients

4 lbs chicken cut into 2-inch pieces
2 tbsp green seasoning
2 tbs oil
6 tbs brown sugar
1/2 large onion sliced
6 cloves garlic minced
2 plum tomatoes chopped
4 scallions chopped
6 leaves culantro bandhania
Hot pepper chopped, to taste
4 sprigs thyme
2 cans cooked dried pigeon peas rinsed and drained
Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

Wash chicken with the juice of one lemon, lime or vinegar and water. Remove slime, excess skin and fat. Wash a second time with plain water. Drain well.
Season chicken with green seasoning, salt and black pepper. Marinate overnight. This step is optional.
In a large Dutch oven over medium heat, add oil. When hot but not smoking add brown sugar and allow it to bubble, froth, expand and darken. Do not allow it to smoke and get black. If this happens you have to start over!
Add chicken and listen to it sing in the pot. Immediately raise heat to high and stir continuously to coat with the brown sugar, about 3 minutes. Add chopped onion, garlic, tomato, scallions, culantro(bandhania), hot pepper, thyme, peas and cook a couple of mins more while stirring.
Cover and cook for 35-40 minutes over medium-low heat (chicken will release its juices), stirring occasionally-every 5-10 minutes. If the chicken releases a lot of water and it is fully cooked, you do not need to add additional water, just cook until the sauce has thickened. However, add 1-2 cups of water, more if you like lots of "sauce" and cook an additional 5 mins until the sauce has thickened.
Taste and add more salt and pepper if required. For this dish, I added a total of two teaspoons of Himalayan salt but amounts may vary depending on the type of salt used.