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Chicken and Potato Roti

Chicken and Potato Roti

Ingredients

  • Flour1 lb
  • Shortening3 tablespoons
  • SaltPinch
  • WaterSplash
  • Chicken Breast6
  • ParsleyPinch
  • ThymePinch
  • JerkPinch
  • SaltPinch
  • SugarPinch
  • Black PepperPinch
  • large Onion2
  • Garlic4 cloves
  • Scotch Bonnet1
  • Potatoes1/2 lb

Steps

Cook

  1. 🥄Add a pint of chicken stock to the simmer and put three tablespoons of sugar into a large saucepan on high; cook until the sugar caramelizes,

Prepare

  1. 🔥then add the cubed chicken breasts and stir until the chicken browns.
  2. 🧂Add chopped onions, garlic, parsley, thyme, jerk seasoning, salt, and the whole scotch bonnet pepper – do not cut up the pepper!

Cook

  1. 🧂Reduce the heat to low and let this simmer for 25 minutes.

Prepare

  1. 🍳In a large mixing bowl, sift the flour, and add a pinch of salt to taste.

Steps

  1. 🫇Now add the first tablespoon of shortening, and with your fingers, rub the flour into the shortening until it forms a breadcrumb-like consistency.
  2. 🍽️Then add the second tablespoon of shortening and rub against the flour until it looks like breadcrumbs.
  3. 🌿Now add the third tablespoon of shortening and repeat the process.
  4. You should by now have used all the flour.
  5. 🥄Your bowl should be all breadcrumb-like; if you still have fresh flour, use another tablespoon of shortening until your fresh flour is all used up.

Prepare

  1. 🍽️Add a small amount of water and mix with a butter knife; keep adding small amounts until your mixture forms a soft dough.
  2. 🌿Now dust your surface with flour and roll out your pastry; you want to roll wafer-thin rounds – this mixture should make at least 12 roti skins.

Steps

  1. 🌿Cover with a tea towel while returning to the pot.

Prepare

  1. Now peel the potatoes and cube them into small bite-size pieces.

Cook

  1. 🥄After 25 minutes of simmering, add 1/2 pint of water and the potatoes to the pool.
  2. 🔥Now cover and cook for 30 minutes on low heat.

Steps

  1. 🔥Turn a flat baking tray upside down, lightly cover with foil, and place on the stovetop on high

Cook

  1. 🧂cook each roti skin for 1 minute on each side until brown but not crisp.
  2. 🍳Now pile up your cooked roti skins, remove the pot after 30 minutes, and remove the whole scotch bonnet.

Serve

  1. 🍳Take the entire pot to the table with a pile of plates
  2. 🫇each person assumes the roti skin, lays it flat on the scale, spoons some filling into the middle of the roti skin, and folds around the filling eats enjoy.

Source: Original recipe