Bhutan: Jasha Maroo : Spicy Chicken Stew

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED

Are you congested and would like to breathe through your nose? This stew will help you achieve that goal. It's spicy and pretty gingery and garlicky. I liked it but I think I probably would have liked it more with 1 less pepper and maybe a tiny bit less ginger.

This wasn't a fail, it tastes good, and I will happily eat the leftovers but, outside of unrelenting congestion, I'm not sure I'd make it again. Maybe with the alterations mentioned above and without leeks since, while shopping for the ingredients for this recipe, I discovered that our grocery store doesn't carry leeks anymore! (I think there were only two people buying them. Me and a guy I haven't seen around in a while.)

So, I ended up violating one of my rules for this experiment. Ingredients need to be either purchased locally or from an online source. No special 3+ hour trips to a larger town with more grocery options for the sake of an ingredient. Part of the challenge is in making it work with what I have regular daily access to.

But my husband happened to be in a large city for his job when I discovered I couldn't buy leeks locally anymore. No one had to make a special trip, he was already there and already shopping so I'm not sure how badly the rule was broken. 🤔