Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken yassa. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
It's one of those simply delicious dishes: just a few ingredients that are transformed, by the magic of cooking, into an exciting and comforting meal. Chicken, lots of onions, lemon juice, garlic, dijon mustard and one hot pepper to infuse a perfect amount of kick. This traditional chicken dish from the Casamance region of Senegal is one of the most famous African recipes and is found in Senegalese restaurants the world over.
Chicken Yassa is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Chicken Yassa is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chicken yassa using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Yassa:
- Get 1 whole chicken cut into pieces
- Take 5 medium onions cut in slices
- Get 2 tbls dijon mustard
- Prepare 1 tbls garlic paste
- Take 1/2 cup lemon juice
- Make ready 3 tbls apple cider vinegar
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Get 1 whole habanero chilli
- Make ready 1 cup chicken broth
- Take Green olives to garnish
Chicken Yassa is a Senegalese stew which is also known as Yassa au poulet. The chicken is marinated with lemon and mustard for hours before it been cooked. This sauce is popular all over West Africa, it can be found in Gambia, Guinea, Ivory coast and many other African countries.. A popular, Senegalese dish, this tender chicken is marinated in an onion-lemon-vinegar mixture that then cooks down into a completely delectable sauce that is amazing.
Steps to make Chicken Yassa:
- For the marinade, mix in the dijon mustard, lemon juice, vinegar, garlic and salt and set aside
- In a ziplock bag, add the chicken and onion and mix to combine. Then, add in the marinade and mix in the bag. Making sure all pieces are equally coated
- Let the chicken marinate for 4 hours to overnight (the longer the better)
- In a heavy skillet, heat 2 tbls of vegetable oil and brown the chicken pieces on both sides and set aside.
- Add the marinade with the onions onto the skillet and sauté for about 5 minutes until the onions caramalise
- Cooking in the skillet: move the onions to the side and arrange the chicken at the bottom of the skillet. Then chuck the onions ontop of the chicken. Add in the chicken broth and cover the skillet. Allow the chicken to simmer and cook for 45 minutes over low heat. Make sure the liquid doesnt dry up. If it does, add some more chicken broth
- Cooking in the oven: arrange the chicken in the bottom of an oven proof dish and pour the onion marinade over the chicken. Add in the broth and cook in a preheated oven (at 180 degrees Celsius) for 45-50 minutes.
- Once chicken is cooked through, remove from heat and serve warm with plain white rice
Stir to mix well, then bring the yassa slowly to a boil. Yassa Chicken (Poulet au Yassa)- A Super Popular Senegalese succulent chicken with caramelized onions and mustard. If you love onions you will love this onion extravaganza of incredibly moist and flavorful Senegalese dish. It is a French inspired meal that has been adapted by the Senegalese specifically in the Casamance region of Senegal. Mix onions, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, garlic, habanero pepper, and bay leaves together in a large pot.
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