Rice and Chicken(Kuku kienyeji)
Rice and Chicken(Kuku kienyeji)

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, rice and chicken(kuku kienyeji). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Rice and Chicken(Kuku kienyeji) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Rice and Chicken(Kuku kienyeji) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

As a Kenyan, I love kienyeji chicken because of the natural intense flavour. Thus the meat often tends to be tougher than broiler chicken but much more flavourful. Hello everybody, In today's video we make my style of kienyeji chicken and hands down the best way ever using a clay cooking pot.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have rice and chicken(kuku kienyeji) using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Rice and Chicken(Kuku kienyeji):
  1. Make ready Full chicken
  2. Prepare Vegetable oil
  3. Take Chicken stock
  4. Make ready 3 Tomatoes
  5. Take 1 onion
  6. Prepare 1 bunch coriander leaves
  7. Prepare Garlic
  8. Make ready 2 tablespoons Curry powder
  9. Get 1 tablespoon salt
  10. Take 3 glasses pishori rice
  11. Take 1 teaspoon turmeric powder for the rice

In a large bowl mix all the ingredients except chicken. Add in chicken and cover well with marinade. Kienyeji chicken is very different in flavour and texture from the broilers. It is tougher and hence requires more cooking time.

Instructions to make Rice and Chicken(Kuku kienyeji):
  1. Ensure the chicken is cut into smaller pieces before boiling it for atleast 1 hour and put away some chicken stock once the meat is properly boiled.
  2. Put some vegetable oil in a cooking pot and fry one big chopped onion till it turns golden brown. Add the curry powder and salt at this point.
  3. Add in the tomatoes and allow it to cook for a while till it forms a thick red paste.
  4. Add the chopped garlic in the pot for some flavour.
  5. Once the main ingredients have cooked, add the chicken pieces you had boiled earlier in the cooking pot, and stir gently.
  6. Add the chicken stock to enable your chicken to have thick gravy and sprinkle the chopped corriander leaves on it then let it simmer for 15 minutes.
  7. For the rice, boil 6 glasses of water and once it boils add the turmeric, salt and some oil.
  8. Wash your rice and once its well drained put it in the pot with boiling water and let it cook till the rice puffs up.
  9. Serve your chicken with the rice and enjoy the meal.

In fact, it is not advisable to try and roast a kienyeji chicken. Unless it is a young one. Then add the chicken, coconut milk, salt and pepper. Adjust salt and pepper, to taste. Serve with with rice or chapatti.

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