Ashanti Chicken
Can a recipe become extinct? If so, this one should be on the endangered recipe list. It is described in two historic texts (see below), […]
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Piri-Piri Chicken
Piri-Piri Chicken, Peri-Peri Chicken, Frango Piri-Piri, and Galinha à Piri-Piri are all basically the same dish: chicken, marinated in a hot chile pepper marinade, then grilled. The dish’s African […]
Read morePoulet Yassa
A traditional chicken dish from the Casamance region of Senegal, Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa), is one of the most famous African recipes and is found in Senegalese restaurants the […]
Read moreCoupé-Coupé
Coupé-Coupé (from the French couper, meaning to cut or to slice) is Central Africa’s version of barbecue, perhaps a distant relation of the famous South Carolina and Texas barbecues. Beef, […]
Read moreLiboké de Poisson (Fish in Banana-Leaf)
Leaf cookery (cooking foods that have been wrapped, burrito-style, in large leaves) is common throughout the world’s tropical regions. In Uganda, plantain bananas are often wrapped […]
Read morePoisson Yassa (Fish Yassa)
This traditional Senegalese recipe, basically a lemon-onion-mustard marinade and sauce, is used for Poulet Yassa, mutton, and fish (poisson): Poisson Yassa. It would take an ichthyologist to […]
Read moreSamaki wa Kupaka (Grilled Fish)
This tasty fish recipe is best if it’s done on a charcoal grill, but it’s quite good if done in the oven broiler. Drink Cardamom […]
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