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Swazi Chicken Stew

Name: Swazi Chicken Stew
Total time: 70 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Eswatini
Ingredients: 600g Chicken Thigh; 3 Potato; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 tsp Curry Powder; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Chicken bouillon; 1 tsp Salt; 500ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 70 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chicken stewed with tomato, onion, and potato — Eswatini's Sunday dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Inkhukhu is siSwati for chicken. In Eswatini homes, chickens raised in the yard are stewed on Sundays or for guests. Chicken stewed with tomato, onion, potatoes, and curry powder is eaten with sishwala or rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday in an Eswatini home, chicken and potatoes stew in a three-legged pot and are plated with sishwala.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 600g
Potato 3
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Garlic 2 cloves
Curry Powder 1 tsp
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Chicken bouillon 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 500ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces, salt, and brown in oil.
Add the chopped onion and garlic and sauté, then add the curry powder.
Add the chopped tomato and sauté 5 minutes.
Add the water and stock powder and simmer 20 minutes.
Add the potatoes cut large and simmer 20 minutes until tender.

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