4 people · Medium · 80 min · ₭ Average

Chicken Yassa (Senegalese Chicken) is authentic dish in Senegal. I used to live there and ate a lot of this menu. If you want to try a new thing, here is the recipe from my nanny in Senegal. :)

Ingredients

• 4 chicken thighs
• 2 yellow onions, small diced
• 6 cloves of garlic
• 2 slices of fresh ginger
• 4 dried hot chili, Optional, or replaced by any chili
• ½ green bell pepper, small diced
• 2 tablespoons of parsley, chopped
• 1 lime, sliced for squeezing
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper
• 1 cube of chicken seasoning soup cube
• 1 teaspoon of soy seasoning sauce
• 1 tablespoon of dijon mustard
• 3 leaves of bay lea[f](ves)
• 1 teaspoon of dried thyme

Preparation

1. Cut each chicken thigh in half to be able to stuff them inside.

2. Prepare filling: pound garlic with ginger, parsley, salt and chili(optional) .

3. Put the stuffing inside the chicken thighs and squeeze one slice of lime over them.

4. Add a bit of oil in the pan, when it's hot, add all stuffed chicken thighs. Cover the pan and cook on low heat, let it simmer until it's cooked.

5. Prepare the sauce:

- Pound garlic with black pepper, dried chili and green bell pepper

- Then add diced yellow onions and roughly pound.

6. Use a big pan (pot), pour the oil and stir fry the ingredients you pounded above until it becomes yellow. Add water, thym and bay leaves. Season with soy sauce, and a Knorr cube. Let it simmer until the onion is soft and clear color.

7. Transfer the cooked chicken to the sauce pan (pot). Add mustard and squeeze the remaining lime juice, stir together on slow heat. When the sauce has reduced, taste and serve with steamed rice. Zap!