Solar Spicy Chicken Stew

Today's brave foray into solar cooking will involve the preparation of East African Spicy Chicken Stew from Savory Stews by Jacques Burdick.

I followed the recipe for the most part but skipped over the step of sauteeing the onions.

I got it in the oven at approx 10:45 am. This time I placed the oven in a spot in the yard where it will get maximum sunlight for the whole day.

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It's 4:23pm - there's not enough light left for the solar cooker to operate at maximum efficiency. Here's the result:

It looks good. The chicken isn't done though. It's cooked all the way through, but not cooked as well as I'd like. Cristy won't be home for an hour or so anyway, so in the regular natural gas oven it goes. This is what happens when you use frozen chicken pieces that aren't all the way defrosted.