The Best Nigerian Chicken Tomato Stew
Nigerian Tomato Stew is a staple you’ll always want in your family menu. It’s simple to prepare, incredibly flavorful, and very versatile. You can enjoy it with rice, pasta, yams, plantains, or even soups.
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Ingredients
STEW BASE:
- 1/2 medium onion chopped
- 2 large bell peppers
- 5 fresh tomatoes
- 1/2 onion
TO MAKE STEW:
- 2 tins Tomato paste
- Oil for frying stew
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 seasoning cube
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp ginger powder
- salt to taste
- water depending how thick or thin you like your stew
Instructions
- Clean and blend your tomatoes, bell peppers, and onion until smooth. Tip: You can decide to add them to a pot and boil it down first or move to step 2.
- Heat oil in a pan and add in chopped onion; fry until onion becomes translucent, then add in tomato paste and fry for 10 minutes.
- Add the blended tomato and pepper mix and continue frying until the oil begins to separate and float at the top.
- Add curry, thyme, onion powder, ginger powder, seasoning cube, red pepper powder, and salt. fry for another 5 minutes
- Add chicken stock, mix, and grilled chicken. If stew is too thick, add water/ stock and adjust seasoning to taste.
- Add in carrots or any other vegetable of choice
- Allow stew to simmer for another 10 - 15 minutes on low or medium heat. If it starts to splash, cover more than halfway through.
- Serve stew with any base of choice