Belizean Chicken Stew

Description

I learned how to make this when I dated a Belizean man for about a year. He is long gone, but I still make his stew and I love it! This is a very healthy dish but the limes and the hot sauce make it very flavorful. Serve with corn or flour tortillas. Each person may want to spice it up with more hot sauce as they prefer.

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  • seasoned salt to taste
  • 6 cups chicken broth
  • 1 head green cabbage, shredded
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 cup chopped carrots
  • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, chopped
  • ½ cup chopped cilantro
  • 1 (6.5 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 2 limes, juiced
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 dash hot sauce (such as Marie Sharp’s Belizean Habanero Sauce), or to taste
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Season chicken with seasoned salt. Cook chicken in the hot oil until browned on the outside
  2. about 5 minutes per side.
  3. Mix chicken broth
  4. cabbage
  5. onion
  6. carrots
  7. green bell pepper
  8. celery
  9. cilantro
  10. tomato sauce
  11. lime juice
  12. garlic
  13. hot sauce
  14. salt
  15. and black pepper into chicken and simmer
  16. adding water if needed
  17. until stew is thickened
  18. about 2 hours.
  19. Ladle stew into bowls and top each with a piece of chicken.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 2 hrs 10 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins

Servings: 8

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