This is another method of geera – ing meat. The last time, I showed you all how to do this using pork. This time I chose to use chicken because not everyone eats pork. Usually, when doing geera chicken, we use mostly back and neck, or gizzard the more bony parts that allow the flavour to really be infused into the meat. But you could try it with the less bony parts as well , like the breast or leg etc. Basically the difference between the two methods is when you put in the geera; some people put it before, when they’re seasoning the meat or after, just before it is done. Because of this the recipe is not that different, well except for the curry it is just the method. So here is Geera Chicken.
A Trini Geera Chicken Recipe
GEERA CHICKEN
1 lb. Chicken parts (back and neck, gizzard etc.)
2 tbsp. geera (cumin)
1 tbsp curry powder
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
3 leaves chadon beni
1 sprig of chive
1 pimento
water
Thyme
1 hot Pepper (scotch bonnet)
Salt to taste
Wash and season the meat with the salt thyme, chadon beni,onion, pimento, chive and 2 of the garlic cloves (chopped)
Add the curry. Mix thoroughly and leave to marinate for about an hour.
Saute the other two cloves of garlic in some oil and add the meat.Add the pepper.
Add water and allow meat to cook.When almost done, add the geera and mix well.
The geera chicken is ready to be servedTomorrow I’ll take a rest and start my week of posts on Monday. Until then, Bye!.
Geera Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Chicken parts back and neck, gizzard etc.
- 2 tbsp. geera cumin
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- 4 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 small onion chopped
- 3 leaves chadon beni
- 1 sprig of chive
- 1 pimento
- water
- fine leaf thyme
- 1 hot Pepper scotch bonnet
- Salt to taste about 1/4 tsp.
Instructions
- Wash and season the meat with the salt thyme, chadon beni, onion, pimento, chive and 2 of the garlic cloves (chopped).
- Add the curry. Mix thoroughly and leave to marinate for about an hour.
- Saute the other two cloves of garlic in some oil and add the meat. Add the pepper. Add water and allow meat to cook. When almost done, add the geera and mix well.
does the hot pepper have to be chopped? or is it dropped in whole?
Chopped or whole. It depends on how hot you want the geera chicken to be.
excellent recipe! i followed it once before, and today as well…finger licking good!lol thanks for the generous information provided, to making this pot a success!im trini, ut i live in Canada, and it sure is a treat, to make this for my husband,as he is jamaican, and he seems to take to this style of chicken! thanks again!
hi Felix, i was wondering, i am probably going out on a limb here… but do you have any recipes for curried soya chunks, or even geera soya chunks? 😉 my husband has totally switched on me in the space of a few days, from meat mouth to vegetarian… so just trying to find ways to spice up the soya. lol
Just substitute the meat for the soya. Make sure you soak the soya chunks and season it etc.
Thanks a lot for your recipe!
Tasted delish 🙂
Thanks a lot for your recipe!
Tasted delish 🙂
You’re welcome 🙂
the recipe seems easy to follow, will try soon.
Thanks for the recipe..It worked and tasted well!
Hi i wanted to make geera neck which like you said is one of the less fleshy parts of the chicken am i gonna cook it the same way minus the curry?
Also can it be cooked in the oven?
No just substitute the same amount of chicken neck and continue on with the recipe to the letter. Also, I wouldn’t recommend you baking it since it may dry out and you’ll end up with some really tough chicken neck. If you want to try a geera baked chicken use meatier pieces.
Made this today my version. Picked up some Geera at my Caribbean store yesterday. Made it with Chicken Breast since i had to use up lots of freezer meat. Seasoned it with Carib Green Seasoning mix blend i made up and some the usual garlic, onion, tomato, herb seasoning added. Used 2 tsp Geera and 1 tsp Curry fried mix and then the chicken and everything else stewed in my version. I tasted really good. It sure had a smoky taste to it all from the Geera. Very interesting taste, but was good.
Yes made this many times after I followed your step by step recipe and last week it gave me the taste I really wanted. Love your page Felix!
thank i sure will try it
Hi Felix
I saw that Massy Stores stole your geera chicken recipe wholesale. No attribution. Shameful on their part. You should tweet at them or post on their Facebook page to embarrass them.
massystorestt.com/geera-chicken
Thanks for the heads up Gregg.