Chicken Pelau - Caribbean Comfort Food

This is one of my husband’s favourite comfort foods… so we make it quite often.

It may not look good but is delicious, especially reheated the next day.

1 – 1.2 kg chicken wings – 15-20 wings (cut in 3 pieces)
2 carrots – 200 g (sliced)
2 – 3 onions – 400 g (chopped)
whole large garlic (peeled and crushed with side of knife blade)
2 tbs grape seed oil or other oil
½ tbs browning
4 tbs ketchup
2 – 3 tbs dried /5 tbs frozen thyme or even better half a bunch of fresh Jamaican thyme
3 tbs concentrated tomato puree
3 chicken cubes (10 g each)
1 vegetable cube (10 g) or two small Maggi cubes (4 g each)
2 packets of orange (coriander and annatto) Sazón or packet of Caribbean noodle soup mix – optional
3 cups easy cook rice (I used long grain)
7 cup (1750 ml) boiling water
West Indian hot sauce to taste (made from Scotch bonnet peppers)

Fry chicken with oil, browning, onion, garlic, carrots for a longer while on the bottom of large pot.
Let them burn a little then reduce fire, add half of the water and cook covered till chicken is soft.
Add the rest of ingredients except hot sauce and cook covered stirring from time to time.
When rice and wings are ready, remove from fire, stir in hot sauce to taste.
If fresh thyme was used, remove stems before sharing to the plates.

Serves 4 – 6 people.

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