Tjin's family recipe: Chicken stew

This is the Tjin's Family recipe and it is now one of our favorite dishes to make and to eat. My brothers and I all eat at home when we hear our mother is making this for dinner. This dish is so delicious that I would like to share it with you. Here you can read exactly how you can make this stew chicken yourself. So read the recipe or watch the video at the bottom of the page!

This family recipe is inspired by Surinamese cuisine and has been passed down for generations. The 5 spice herbs used to be made by Grandpa Tjin himself, but for convenience we now use the ready-made 5 spice mixture . In terms of taste, you can expect a spicy balance between sweet and salty with a deliciously tender chicken that falls off the bone.

My mother always serves the stew chicken with white jasmine rice and long beans or string beans. At home we always use jasmine/pandan rice because of the aroma and thicker grain. Do you want to know more about rice? Read the differences here .

In this dish we use an adjuma or Madame Jeanette pepper that we cook with the chicken. Try to remove it whole after stewing so that it does not become too spicy.

Try the recipe and you will understand why this is the favorite dish in the Tjin household.

Requirements:

• Dutch oven
• 1200g chicken drumsticks
• 2 white onions
• 1 fresh garlic bulb
• 2 fresh tomatoes
• Fresh ginger
• 20g celery leaves (fresh)
• 1 tablespoon 5 spice powder
• Dark soy sauce
• Sweet soy sauce
• Madam Jeanette or Adjuma pepper
• 1 maggi cube
• 500ml water