
Senegal / Main
Chicken yassa
Chicken marinated in lemon under a mountain of caramelised onion with mustard.
Ingredients
- Chicken, in pieces1.4 kg
- Onions, thinly sliced1 1/2 kg
- Lemons5
- Dijon mustard3 tbsp
- Garlic6 cloves
- Scotch bonnet chilli1
- Bay leaves2
- Vegetable oil80 ml
- Chicken stock300 ml
- Rice, to serve400 g
- Salt and pepperto taste
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Method 7 steps
Mix the lemon juice, mustard, garlic, salt and pepper, pour it over the chicken and onions and chill for at least four hours.
Lift out the chicken, pat it dry and brown it in oil on all sides.
In the same pan cook the onion from the marinade over medium heat for twenty-five minutes, until golden and soft.
Pour in the remaining marinade and the stock and add the bay leaves and the whole chilli.
Return the chicken, cover and stew thirty minutes on a low heat.
Uncover and reduce the sauce ten minutes more until thick. Remove the chilli.
Serve with boiled rice, the onions piled over the chicken.
