Bajan Chicken and Potato Roti

Name: Bajan Chicken and Potato Roti
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Barbados
Ingredients: 450g plain flour; 3 tbsp vegetable shortening; 2 pinches salt; 6 chicken breasts, diced; Pinch fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped; Pinch fresh thyme leaves; 1 tsp jerk seasoning; 3 tbsp granulated sugar; Pinch black pepper; 2 large onions, chopped; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 1 scotch bonnet chilli, left whole; 225g potatoes, peeled and cubed; 570ml chicken stock

Spicy caramelised chicken and tender potatoes wrapped inside warm, flaky homemade Caribbean flatbreads.

60 min serves 6 Medium Watch

Ingredients

450g plain flour1.5kg

3 tbsp vegetable shortening250g

2 pinches salt750g

6 chicken breasts, diced1kg

Pinch fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped30g

Pinch fresh thyme leaves20g

1 tsp jerk seasoning45g

3 tbsp granulated sugar1kg

Pinch black pepper100g

2 large onions, chopped3 pack

4 garlic cloves, minced3 pack

1 scotch bonnet chilli, left whole50g

225g potatoes, peeled and cubed2kg

570ml chicken stock10 cubes

Method

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, then add the cubed chicken breasts and stir until the chicken browns.
Add chopped onions, garlic, parsley, thyme, jerk seasoning, salt, and the whole scotch bonnet pepper – do not cut up the pepper! Reduce the heat to low and let this simmer for 25 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl, sift the flour, and add a pinch of salt to taste.
Now add the first tablespoon of shortening, and with your fingers, rub the flour into the shortening until it forms a breadcrumb-like consistency.
Then add the second tablespoon of shortening and rub against the flour until it looks like breadcrumbs.
Now add the third tablespoon of shortening and repeat the process.
You should by now have used all the flour. 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.
Add a small amount of water and mix with a butter knife; keep adding small amounts until your mixture forms a soft dough.
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.
Cover with a tea towel while returning to the pot.
Now peel the potatoes and cube them into small bite-size pieces.
After 25 minutes of simmering, add 1/2 pint of water and the potatoes to the pool.
Now cover and cook for 30 minutes on low heat.
Turn a flat baking tray upside down, lightly cover with foil, and place on the stovetop on high; cook each roti skin for 1 minute on each side until brown but not crisp.
Now pile up your cooked roti skins, remove the pot after 30 minutes, and remove the whole scotch bonnet.
Take the entire pot to the table with a pile of plates; 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.

Cost to cook

serves 6 · I have the cupboard staples

Mostly estimated prices. Full-pack shop cost · about £4.56 of it is what this recipe actually uses.

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£14.79 est. · serves 6

Ingredients

450g plain flour1.5kg

3 tbsp vegetable shortening250g

2 pinches salt750g

6 chicken breasts, diced1kg

Pinch fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped30g

Pinch fresh thyme leaves20g

1 tsp jerk seasoning45g

3 tbsp granulated sugar1kg

Pinch black pepper100g

2 large onions, chopped3 pack

4 garlic cloves, minced3 pack

1 scotch bonnet chilli, left whole50g

225g potatoes, peeled and cubed2kg

570ml chicken stock10 cubes

Method

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, then add the cubed chicken breasts and stir until the chicken browns.

Add chopped onions, garlic, parsley, thyme, jerk seasoning, salt, and the whole scotch bonnet pepper – do not cut up the pepper! Reduce the heat to low and let this simmer for 25 minutes.

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

Now add the first tablespoon of shortening, and with your fingers, rub the flour into the shortening until it forms a breadcrumb-like consistency.

Then add the second tablespoon of shortening and rub against the flour until it looks like breadcrumbs.

Now add the third tablespoon of shortening and repeat the process.

You should by now have used all the flour. 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.

Add a small amount of water and mix with a butter knife; keep adding small amounts until your mixture forms a soft dough.

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.

Cover with a tea towel while returning to the pot.

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

After 25 minutes of simmering, add 1/2 pint of water and the potatoes to the pool.

Now cover and cook for 30 minutes on low heat.

Turn a flat baking tray upside down, lightly cover with foil, and place on the stovetop on high; cook each roti skin for 1 minute on each side until brown but not crisp.

Now pile up your cooked roti skins, remove the pot after 30 minutes, and remove the whole scotch bonnet.

Take the entire pot to the table with a pile of plates; 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.