My Fijian Chicken Palau
By: Sashi Kumar
Published: Saturday, October 30, 2010 - 7:52pm

Ingredients




MAINS: 2 Cups of cooked rice, 1 whole chicken, one eighth te
If you wish you can add or subtract the spices to your liking

Preparation

1 PREPARATION: Cut chicken into medium size pieces. 2 Mix the cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and salt together. 3 Peel and crush the garlic. Finely cut the chilli peppers. 4 COOKING: Heat oil in a large cooking pot on medium to high heat. 5 Once oil is nice and hot add the onions, chilli and garlic .Sauté for couple of minutes. 6 Add the mixture of cardamom, cloves and cinnamon. Sautee for a minute or so. 7 MMM the kitchen must be smelling so nice an aromatic at this point in time, but don’t get to excited yet LOL, lots more to come. 8 Add the chicken now to the all the aromatic flavours in the pot and stir well. 9 Add the soy sauce and brown sugar at this time turn the heat a bit higher and stir well. 10 Make sure that the mixtures and sugar don’t burn on you so keep stirring frequently. 11 Once the chicken looks golden brown and looks likes it’s crisped up on the outside lower the heart. 12 Now simmer the chicken and let all the flavours all blend in for about 10 minutes. 13 At this point all the juices from the chicken and all the beautiful spices should have blended in and the chicken should be ready to meet the rice. 14 Rice say hello to the chicken, no not the chicken; but beautiful aromatic chicken. 15 Stir really well so the rice is mixed with the chicken and all the flavours of the spices. 16 And there it is my friends the aromatic flavours of the East and West all coming together. 17 Now it’s time to dig in :) 18 I cook this dish because I love the flavour of all the aromatic spices .The meat is so tender after cooking that the bones just fall away from the meat. 19 What a nice way to thank myself  and remembering  mom by enjoying something that has so much love and  sweet memories for me . Just love it! LOL

About


This week I was thinking of my Mom so much that I decided to cook one of her favourite dishes. She cooked this dish as a way to show her appreciation for her family.
Thanks mom for your love and appreciation :)
This dish is one of the islands favourites. A must for weddings, family get togethers, birthdays and parties .Full of aromatic spices. 
A very spicy and savoury dish. You name a spice and this dish has it. Mom perfected this dish and it was a treat when she cooked it. 
I cook this dish because I love the flavour of all the aromatic spices .The meat is so tender after cooking that the bones just fall away from the meat. 
What a nice way to thank myself  and remembering  mom by enjoying something that has so much love and  sweet memories for me . Just love it! LOL
The house smelt so amazing all day and evening. Thanks Mom :)