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).
409 K 4.3/5 (36 reviews)
2 hours 4 min.
Easy
6 people
12 IngredientsLast modified on: February 21th 2011
For 6 people, you will need:
- 1
1 smoked chicken - 2
1 onion - 3
4 tablespoons palm oil - 4
150 ml unsweetened coconut milk - 5
500 g tinned red kidney beans - 6
125 g button or field mushrooms (optional) - 7
125 g small pieces of bacon - 8
250 ml tomato coulis - 9
fine (or table) salt - 10
pepper - 11 1 tablespoon palm oil
- 12 2 tablespoons palm oil
- Total weight: 3,055 grams
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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 1 smoked chicken, keeping only flesh (discard skin and bones), then cut out into small pieces.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
In large pan, heat 4 tablespoons palm oil (or olive oil), then add chopped 1 onion, 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 250 ml tomato coulis.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Stir well.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Pour in 150 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 1 tablespoon palm oil in a frying pan, then add 125 g 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 2 tablespoons palm oil, then add drained and rinsed 500 g 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 125 g 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 | 490 RDI=140 % | 320 RDI=20 % | 350 RDI=40 % | 6,430 RDI=240 % | 26,910 RDI: 240 % |
| Per 100 g | 20 RDI=5 % | 10 RDI=1 % | 10 RDI=1 % | 210 RDI=8 % | 880 RDI: 8 % |
| Per person | 80 RDI=20 % | 50 RDI=4 % | 60 RDI=7 % | 1,070 RDI=40 % | 4,490 RDI: 40 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 people : 10.65 €
- Per person : 1.80 €
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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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