How to Prepare Perfect Rice and Chicken(Kuku kienyeji)

Rice and Chicken(Kuku kienyeji). The ingredients that make this dish mainly kenyan, are the kienyeji chicken of course, onions, tomatoes,dhania, chili,green hohos, royco. For this recipe, I gave it a twist with the addition of other ingredients as well as used mint leaves because they give the dish a refreshing, vibrant taste. 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.

Thanks so much for watching, I hope you enjoyed the. Add the tomato puree and hot water. They are a popular delicacy in Kenya and dot almost every village home. You can have Rice and Chicken(Kuku kienyeji) using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Rice and Chicken(Kuku kienyeji)

1. Prepare of Full chicken.
2. You need of Vegetable oil.
3. It's of Chicken stock.
4. Prepare 3 of Tomatoes.
5. You need 1 of onion.
6. You need 1 bunch of coriander leaves.
7. Prepare of Garlic.
8. Prepare 2 tablespoons of Curry powder.
9. It's 1 tablespoon of salt.
10. It's 3 glasses of pishori rice.
11. You need 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder for the rice.

Their eggs are also a delicacy due to their yellow York. Their meat and eggs stand out in the market and is popular with hotels and eateries. Kuku kienyeji refers to chicken that have not been bred or raised on commercial feeds but are left to feed on whatever they find around; free range chicken. Their meat can be a bit tough, but when cooked well, it literally slides off the bone.

Rice and Chicken(Kuku kienyeji) step by step

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..

Its meat is very lean and slightly darker in color compared to broiler. Throw the crushed seeds into the melted chicken fat and leave to cook for about a minute. Add the onions and cook for about five minutes until softened before adding the ginger garlic paste and cook it for about a minute. Add the chicken and mix everything well. Then add the chicken, coconut milk, salt and pepper.