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How to Make Chicken Nkwobi

By Modupeoluwa Adekanye

05 July 2020   |   12:00 pm

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Chicken Nkwobi is a popular Igbo traditional food mostly served as a side dish or dessert, and usually together with wine or soft drink. Nkwobi is a delicious meal and many people love it, hence it’s simply Chicken prepared in spicy palm oil and mixed spices. Ingredients 1 kg, chicken 6 fresh bell pepper 1…

Chicken Nkwobi| Photo – Sodic Garden

Chicken Nkwobi is a popular Igbo traditional food mostly served as a side dish or dessert, and usually together with wine or soft drink.

Nkwobi is a delicious meal and many people love it, hence it’s simply Chicken prepared in spicy palm oil and mixed spices.

Ingredients

• 1 kg, chicken
• 6 fresh bell pepper
• 1 tbsp, crayfish
• 1 onion
• Small bunch of uziza
• 2 seasoning cubes
• Salt to taste
• ¼ cup, palm oil
• 1 tbsp, akawu

Method

• Wash chicken and cut into small chunks.
• Season the chicken and parboil. Once it is cooked through, remove from heat and set aside.
• Wash pepper and onion, pound properly and then add crayfish and pound together and set aside.
• Mix akawu and 3 tbsp of water inside a small cup and set aside.
• In a mortar or pot mix oil and akawu mixture together; add palm oil and mix till it is thick and yellow in colour.
• Add the pepper mix, salt and any seasoning; make sure the chicken is cold and water is drain add into the oil mix and stir.
• Wash and slice uziza leaf, add to the chicken nkwobi and stir and serve (you can heat it for about a minute before serving).