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Merry Christmas Hivers and friends  of Foodies 🥰💕. What a lovely long anticipated day we are all celebrating. Christmas 🎄🎅 a special season for allI and I know we are having fun and enjoying this beautiful day as we finally start to celebrate 🎉

 Christmas and more fun into the new year, enjoying the season with friends and family. Christmas is usually a season with special preparation because we have got time on our hands and wants to enjoy everything we have missed through the year.

And again, some recipes are a must in this special season just like this very special delicacy I prepared to share and enjoy 😊 with you. Spicy 🌶🍅🥫 radish rice with chicken is a meal that is special during festivals where I come from. This means every home is expected to prepare this radish rice called “Jollof Rice”.

And its not just a recipe you prepare without enough ingredients as you can see from the above list of ingredients I have. And the aim to this recipe is to bring it to a good taste at the end of the cooking, because everyone is warming up to a delicious meal to kick start the Christmas 🎄🎅celebration 😀. And I did love ❤️ how I made this meal because it taste so good. Its a recipe you will enjoy because its so unique.

Here I share the step by step of the recipe with you friends.

INGREDIENTS

:1 full kilo of chicken 🍗 
1/2 teaspoon salt 
1/2 teaspoon thyme 
1/2 teaspoon black peppe
1/2 teaspoon ginger powder 
1/2 teaspoon curry powder 
2 cubes of chicken flavor 
1/2 of a pack of chicken stock

 # EXTRA INGREDIENTS:

11/2 bowl if raw rice
A bowl of fresh radish cherry tomatoes 🍅
2 large red onions 
1/2 bowl of red chili 🌶 pepper 
10 pieces fresh hot chilies 
3 small size fresh ginger.
1 pack of chicken stock
4 cubes of chicken cubes
1 pack of puree paste 
Salt to taste
Jollof powder seasonings
1/2 bowl of vegetable oil
1 teaspoon of curry  🍛 powder 
1 teaspoon of thyme herb 🌿

 # STEPS FOR PREPARATION:

Step 1.

 To begin this Christmas festivity dish I will first wash the chicken thoroughly adding salt. 

Step 2.

Will take the chicken into the pot for boiling.

Once the chicken starts boiling I will add the spices. Salt, thyme, black pepper, ginger and curry.

And will stir in all the spices and allow to continue cooking.

Step 3.

Will add little water 💦 as its cooking, adding the chicken stock and cubes. 

Then cover to cook tenderly here.

Step 4.

I will wash the rice and soak it with warm water to tender a bit.

Then wash the cherry tomatoes, chilies, onions, hot pepper, gradually slice them.

Grating the ginger as above .

Step 5.

Next is to blend the fresh spices. The tomatoes chilies and onions, adding water 💦

 As here above . 

Step 6.

Will heat up the pot adding vegetable oil to fry the blended puree into a sauce.

As above here. covering to dry faster.

And once it starts to dry will add chicken stock and cubes here.

Will also add the pack of puree and jollof mix seasoning ,

Step 7.

As the sauce begins to dry, I will add the curry, thyme and grated ginger.

Stir them in properly to incorporate as above.

Step 8.

Finally will mix the rice with the fried sauce, gradually scooping the sauce in.

 And will add water.

Step 9.

Set the pot on the cooker to start cooking, adding some chicken broth, 

then cover to cook while checking it to tender properly, stirring a bit.

 And will lower heat to dry gradually here before serving.

Step 10.

Will fry the chicken just for a minute to taste delicious 🤤. 

Spicy and golden just like it should taste.

What a Christmas meal.And what are you preparing for your loved 🥰 ones? Everyone was just paternity waiting for this dish to be ready, haha 😂. Honestly, no one wants tea for breakfast this morning, because this delicious meal must go down properly being enjoyed. Although , Christmas 🎄 cookies 🍪 is on the dinning table. Treat your loved 🥰 ones to this meal this season. It gonna be a beautiful memory if you do.

Thank you for staying to the end with me friends. Merry Christmas once again to you all beauties.

All images are mine.

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