Name: Chicken Yassa
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 120 min
Ingredients: 4 limes or lemons (juice only.); 3 tablespoons mustard (medium hot, may also be coarse-grained); Pepper to taste; Chili chopped and without seeds to taste (fresh or dried); 1 tsp. sugar; salt to taste; 1 pinch of allspice powder (or clove powder); 6 onions medium size; 4-8 chicken legs; 2 tablespoons oil; water

Chicken Yassa

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 40

Resting Time 1

Total Time 2

Course Main Course

Cuisine Senegal

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

4 limes or lemons juice only.
3 tablespoons mustard medium hot, may also be coarse-grained
Pepper to taste
Chili chopped and without seeds to taste fresh or dried
1 tsp. sugar
salt to taste
1 pinch of allspice powder or clove powder
6 onions medium size
4-8 chicken legs
2 tablespoons oil
water

Instructions

For the marinade:

Mix lime or lemon juice with mustard, chili, pepper, sugar, salt and all spice powder
Peel the onions and cut them into thin slices (2/3 mm)
Place onion slices in a shallow dish
Pat chicken thighs dry and place on top of onions
Pour the marinade over the chicken and let it marinate for at least one hour
Mix the marinade from time to time

After marinating:

Remove chicken thighs from marinade and pat dry
Fry in hot oil on all sides
Add the marinade with the onion slices to the chicken and simmer on low heat for at least 30 minutes.
Add a little water if necessary, there should always be enough liquid.
Season with salt and pepper if necessary.

Notes

Serve with rice and vegetables or salad.

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