Here is a recipe for a simple stewed chicken – using less sugar.
Stewed chicken is a Trinidadian Classic. Today, we are doing it a little differently– and healthier.
My promise to myself was to start decreasing the amount of sugar I consume after turning 50(the age), so today I am attempting to reduce the amount of sugar in this recipe.
Eventually, I will test a recipe with even less or with roucou(annatto), freshly made from Trinidad.
Cook this Simple Stewed Chicken – Using Less Sugar in 5 easy steps:
- • Cut up, clean, rinse and drain chicken
- • Season and marinate
- • Brown sugar
- • Add Chicken
- • Cook for 30 mins
Easy to Find Ingredients:
- 3 lbs chicken piece, leg or thigh, cut into small pieces
- 2 tbs green seasoning
- 1 plum tomato
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 1 tbs minced garlic
- 1 tsp adobo
- 1 tsp all purpose seasoning
- 3 thyme sprigs
- Hot pepper, to taste
- Himalyan Salt
- Black pepper
- 4 scallions, chopped
- 2 tbs brown sugar
- 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large potato, optional (if you require sauce)
- 1 Carrot, optional
Serve this Healthy, Simple Stewed Chicken with:
- Dhal and Rice
- Curry Channa and Aloo and Paratha (Buss Up Shut)
- Stewed Red Beans and Rice
- Callaloo and Rice
- Stewed Lentils, Stewed Pigeon Peas, Stewed Black Eyed Peas and Rice
- Curry Aloo and Dhalpuri or Dosti Roti
Other Recipes You Will Love:
Original Stewed Chicken Recipe
Yellow Rice and Peas with Coconut Milk
Trinidad Baigan and Aloo with Tomatoes
Trinidad Sweet Rice – Rice Pudding
Trinidad Paratha -Buss up Shot
Easy Stewed Chicken - Using Less Sugar
Stewed chicken is a Trinidadian Classic. Today, we are doing it a little differently-- and healthier.
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Servings: 8
Calories: 302kcal
Ingredients
- 3 lbs chicken piece leg or thigh, cut into small pieces
- 2 tbs green seasoning
- 1 plum tomato
- 1/2 onion sliced
- 1 tbs minced garlic
- 1 tsp adobo
- 1 tsp all purpose
- 3 thyme sprigs
- Hot pepper to taste
- Salt Himalyan
- Black pepper
- 4 scallions chopped
- 2 tbs brown sugar (tested with 1 tbsp successfully as well, do not skip potato if using 1 tbs sugar)
- 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
- 1 potato peeled, cubed, optional
- 1 carrot sliced
- 2 tbsp celery leaves chopped, optional
Instructions
- Cut, clean, rinse, and drain the chicken.
- Season and marinate the chicken with green seasoning, tomato, onion, garlic, adobo, all-purpose seasoning, thyme, hot pepper, salt, and black pepper. Mix well and marinate for a minimum of thirty minutes.
- When ready to cook, heat olive oil in a heavy Dutch oven over medium heat.
- Add brown sugar and allow it to bubble, froth, expand, and darken.
- Stir in the seasoned chicken, raise the heat to high, and mix well to thoroughly coat the chicken with the browning.
- Stir occasionally for 5 minutes. Add potato, carrot and celery if sauce is required
- Cover, reduce heat to low, and cook for 30-40 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked.
- If a sauce is desired, add water 10 minutes before the end of cooking and allow it to cook until the sauce thickens.
- Taste and adjust salt or black pepper if necessary.
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Nutrition
Calories: 302kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 87mg | Sodium: 191mg | Potassium: 279mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 321IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg
