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African style chicken
This is a sort of smoked chicken, cooked in a tomato-coconut sauce, and served with kidney beans and plain rice. It's quite a simple recipe, with ready-made ingredients, but which needs a long cooking time on low heat (one hour).
416 K 4.3/5 (36 reviews)
2 hours 4 min.
Easy
12 people
12 IngredientsLast modified on: February 21th 2011
For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
2 smokeds chicken - 2
2 onions - 3
8 tablespoons palm oil - 4
300 ml unsweetened coconut milk - 5
1 litre tinned red kidney beans - 6
625 ml button or field mushrooms (optional) - 7
250 ml small pieces of bacon - 8
500 ml tomato coulis - 9
fine (or table) salt - 10
pepper - 11 2 tablespoons palm oil
- 12 4 tablespoons palm oil
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 30 min.
Cooking: 1 hour 40 min.
All in all: 2 hours 4 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 20 min.
Skin 2 smokeds chicken, keeping only flesh (discard skin and bones), then cut out into small pieces.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
In large pan, heat 8 tablespoons palm oil (or olive oil), then add chopped 2 onions, salt and pepper.
Cook for a few minutes without browning too much.
Cook for a few minutes without browning too much.
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Add chicken pieces.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Stir well, and cook a few minutes while stirring so it doesn't catch on the bottom.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
Pour in half of 500 ml tomato coulis.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Stir well.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Pour in 300 ml unsweetened coconut milk, stir well.
Stage 8 - 1 hour
Cover and leave to cook on low heat for at least an hour.
Stage 9 - 10 min.
Meanwhile heat 2 tablespoons palm oil in a frying pan, then add 250 ml small pieces of bacon and cook for a few minutes until they are lightly fried.
Set aside.
Set aside.
Stage 10 - 2 min.
In another pan, heat 4 tablespoons palm oil, then add drained and rinsed 1 litre tinned red kidney beans.
Cook one or two minutes while stirring so that that they do not burn on bottom.
Cook one or two minutes while stirring so that that they do not burn on bottom.
Stage 11 - 2 min.
Add remaining tomato coulis, then fried bacon, and 625 ml button or field mushrooms if desired.
Stage 12 - 20 min.
Stir well and leave to cook covered on low heat until chicken has its full cooking time.
Meanwhile cook rice.
Meanwhile cook rice.
Stage 13
To serve, put rice onto a plate, add beans on top, then chicken.
Remarks
You can easily replace palm oil with olive oil, for a tastier dish tomato coulis by tomato sauce for pizzas.
It's a meal which can easily be re-heated or frozen. So do not hesitate to make a good deal of it, even if it's for the first time.
It's a meal which can easily be re-heated or frozen. So do not hesitate to make a good deal of it, even if it's for the first time.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.
Source: Essy Buhendwa (great master of Africo-Brittany chicken), recipe adapted by Nanou.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 980 RDI=380 % | 610 RDI=60 % | 700 RDI=110 % | 12,670 RDI=630 % | 53,040 RDI: 630 % |
| Per 100 g | 20 RDI=7 % | 10 RDI=1 % | 10 RDI=2 % | 230 RDI=10 % | 950 RDI: 10 % |
| Per person | 80 RDI=30 % | 50 RDI=5 % | 60 RDI=9 % | 1,060 RDI=50 % | 4,420 RDI: 50 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 20.50 €
- Per person : 1.75 €
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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Tinned red kidney beans
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Tomato coulis
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Unsweetened coconut milk
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Small pieces of bacon
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