Chicken Dish From Netherlands Antilles Original Recipes

TUTU (DUTCH ANTILLES BEAN PORRIDGE)

Steps:

• Cover black-eyed peas with water, and soak overnight.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in garlic and onion, and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Stir in flour until evenly combined with onion. Add water, nutmeg, and sugar. Drain peas, and add to saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the black-eyed peas are tender, about 30 minutes.

CHICKEN DISH FROM NETHERLANDS ANTILLES - ORIGINAL

Steps:

• Cut the wings at the joints so you have 3 pieces, or simply use drumsticks. You can skin the chicken if you want to, we never do. Cut the bell peppers and onions in strips. Peel the garlic and mash it up.
• Put some oil, butter or even pam in a medium hot skillet(a large and deep skillet!) Add the chicken and cook until the chicken seems to get done some.
• Add the onions, garlic and bell peppers and stir-fry the whole lot for a while to add some color to the vegetables.
• Cut the stewed tomatoes in smaller bits and add to the dish along with the tomato paste, fill the empty cans with water and add also. Add some sambal (1 teaspoon in our version) or hot sauce. Add stock cubes (one or two is usually enough, again, this is something to do to taste).
• Let the whole thing simmer for about 15 minutes, which gives you time to cook some rice with it ;).
• Taste, add salt and sambal if needed. add a pinch of sugar if the tomatoes taste a bit tangy. Serve with rice.

SHRUBB - ANTILLES

Steps:

• Take the zest from 5 oranges, and let this dry for 5 days.
• When they are dry, macerate them in rum for 3 days, leaving the jar used outdoors in light sun (semi-shade).
• Filter this liquid.
• Make a syrup with the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and the vanilla bean. (Slit the vanilla bean to release full flavor into the syrup.).
• Bring this to the boil, lower the heat, but keep it bubbling away for 10 - 15 minutes. Skim the surface frequently.
• Let the syrup cool.
• Add the syrup to the filtered rum. Filter this, and bottle it, or pour it into a large, clean juice jar with a lid.
• This recipe will yield about 75cl, the same volume as a bottle of wine.