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Dominica pelau recipe

Easy Pelau recipe: how to prepare Dominican pelau
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Caribbean, Dominican
Servings 6

Equipment

  • Pot or skillet

Ingredients
  

  • 3 lbs chicken thighs chopped into pieces
  • 2 1/2 cups Rice I use Jasmine Rice
  • 1 Lemon/lime
  • 1 tbsp Black pepper
  • 2 tbsp Paprika
  • 3 tbsp Turmeric
  • 2 tbsp Salt
  • 5 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1/4 cups Olive oil
  • 3 tbsp Brown sugar
  • 3 bunch Parsley chopped
  • 6 Sprig Thyme
  • 5 cups Water
  • 2 Seasoning peppers chopped
  • 1/4 Small cabbage chopped
  • 2 cups Kidney beans cooked You can use canned kidney beans
  • 2 cups Lentils cooked You can use canned lentils it should be grainy
  • 1 Large carrot sliced into large chunks
  • 1 Large onion
  • 1/4 cup Ketchup
  • 1/4 cup Butter

Instructions
 

  • Wash chicken with lemon or lime.
  • Then season with the garlic, paprika, turmeric, salt, black pepper.
  • Heat a medium to large sized pot over medium heat.
  • Once heated, then add oil.
  • When the oil gets very hot, then you add sugar to the pot.
  • Use a wooden spoon to stir sugar for even heat. When all the sugar turns dark brown and starts the caramelizing process, then pour the seasoned chicken into the pot.
  • Stir the chicken continuously to create a uniform coverage.
  • Cover and let it simmer for a few minutes.
  • Once the chicken is brown and have simmered, you can mix all the other ingredients.
  • Cover the pot and let it simmer under very low heat, for 50 minutes or until it comes to the preferred reduction level and the right consistency.
  • Enjoy with your favorite salad.

Video

Notes

  • If you don't want to burn sugar, you can use browning.
  • Also, tomato paste is a better option than ketchup, as the sugar content in the ketchup may cause it to burn if it's placed on high heat. 
  • Use canned beans if you don't mind canned foods. I use organic beans since cooking beans usually take a while. 
  • You can substitute butter for cream of coconut or coconut milk.
  • It's very important that you use low heat to cook your pelau so that it doesn't burn or dry up too quickly. You want it to take it all the moisture and cook through steam. 
Keyword back and neck, Pelau, rice