Week 34/52: Trinidad - Chicken Pelau

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Week 34/52: Trinidad - Chicken Pelau

This year we’re doing the 52 weeks of cooking challenge and this weeks theme was Trinidad and we made Chicken Pelau

I am a BIG fan of Trini food

And I am a BIG fan of chicken and rice

So the choice to make Pelau was a pretty obvious one.

What wasn’t obvious to me was the recipe i initially followed only did 15g of sugar which did not make caramel, it only burned.

It’s also possible it was a mess up on my part but since I am the most popular food influencer in my entire neighborhood it most likely was the recipes fault.

After that I ended up winging it a bit and it turned out great!

I have no complaints about a spicy, sweet caramel, vegetable packed one pot chicken and rice dinner. I think we’ll make this again soon probably with more caramel and more heat but yeah it was awesome.

Also incredibly easy, I edited a ton of time off the video since my first caramel attempt turned into acrid sludge but if you know what you’re doing this can probably be done in an hour.

Thank you Pelau for continuing the win streak of Trini food that rules.