Geera Chicken
This is another method of geera - ing meat. The last time, I showed you all how to do this using pork. This time I chose to use chicken because not everyone eats pork. Usually, when doing geera chicken, we use mostly back and neck, or gizzard the more bony parts that allow the flavour to really be infused into the meat. But you could try it with the less bony parts as well , like the breast or leg etc. Basically the difference between the two methods is when you put in the geera; some people put it before, when they're seasoning the meat or after, just before it is done. Because of this the recipe is not that different, well except for the curry it is just the method. So here is Geera Chicken.
GEERA CHICKEN
2 tbsp. geera (cumin)
1 tbsp curry powder
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
3 leaves chadon beni
1 sprig of chive
1 pimento
water
Thyme
1 hot Pepper (scotch bonnet)
Salt to taste
Wash and season the meat with the salt thyme, chadon beni, onion, pimento, chive and 2 of the garlic cloves (chopped)
Add the curry. Mix thoroughly and leave to marinate for about an hour.
Saute the other two cloves of garlic in some oil and add the meat.Add the pepper.
Add water and allow meat to cook. When almost done, add the geera and mix well.
The geera chicken is ready to be servedThat's how simple this dish is to make. As always, I encourage you to experiment with the dish if you don't have some of the herbs that we have. This could be served just like the geera pork with hops bread or sada roti or bake or anything else you wish. It can even be eaten alone by itself. It's all up to you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Tomorrow I'll take a rest and start my week of posts on Monday. Until then, Bye!
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Tomorrow I'll take a rest and start my week of posts on Monday. Until then, Bye!
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August 6, 2009 2:24 PM
does the hot pepper have to be chopped? or is it dropped in whole?
August 6, 2009 9:50 PM
Chopped or whole. It depends on how hot you want the geera chicken to be.
November 12, 2009 8:02 PM
excellent recipe! i followed it once before, and today as well...finger licking good!lol thanks for the generous information provided, to making this pot a success!im trini, ut i live in Canada, and it sure is a treat, to make this for my husband,as he is jamaican, and he seems to take to this style of chicken! thanks again!