Geera Chicken

Name: Geera Chicken
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 4-8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound diced chicken breast (seasoned); half medium onion (diced); 3 garlic cloves (lightly crushed and roughly chopped); 8-12 chadon beni leaves (culantro/recao) minced; 2 tbsps oil; 1/8 tsp methi (fenugreek); 2 tbsps roasted geera (cumin) divided; 1 pepper (minced); to taste salt

Leiselle Donald @lemonbunnie

Geera chicken is one of the many dishes from my homeland, Trinidad. Spicy and flavorful, it's served as a part of a meal or as "cutters" (finger food while hanging out).

Leiselle Donald @lemonbunnie

Geera chicken is one of the many dishes from my homeland, Trinidad. Spicy and flavorful, it's served as a part of a meal or as "cutters" (finger food while hanging out).

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Ingredients

12-15 minutes

4-8 servings

1 pounddiced chicken breast (seasoned)
halfmedium onion (diced)
3garlic cloves (lightly crushed and roughly chopped)
8-12chadon beni leaves (culantro/recao) minced
2 tbspsoil
1/8 tspmethi (fenugreek)
2 tbspsroasted geera (cumin) divided
1pepper (minced)
to tastesalt

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Steps

12-15 minutes

1

When seasoning chicken, add one tbsp geera. Let marinate.
2

Heat oil on medium heat. Add methi and let cook until brown.
3

Add onion and garlic and cook until soft.
4

Turn heat to low then add geera. Stir and let roast for 3 to 4 minutes.
5

Turn heat up to medium and add seasoned chicken. Stir chicken to coat with geera in pot. Cover pot and let cook for about 5 minutes.
6

Add chopped chadon beni and hot pepper and, if necessary, add water. Stir and cover for another 5 minutes
7

Uncover and taste. Add salt if necessary. Turn heat up on high and let water evaporate.