oil – Page 3 – The Congo Cookbook

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), […]

Chicken in Peanut-Tomato Sauce

In Africa, peanuts are often called groundnuts, and many variations on this “chicken-groundnut stew” are found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Homemade peanut butter is often used in central […]

Chicken with Egusi

This chicken soup is thickened with flour ground from seeds of a melon or gourd (species of cucurbitaceae) called egusi. Look for egusi (also called agusi, agushi, egushi) in African […]

Kedjenou

This slow-cooked chicken stew is a popular dish in the Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), where the less-than-tender poultry benefits from the long cooking time. It […]

Kuku Paka

Kuku Paka, a chicken-coconut curry, is a Swahili dish from the coast of Eastern Africa. It is also sometimes called an Ismaili dish, and it […]

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 […]

Poulet D.G. (Poulet Directeur Général)

At the risk of generalizing, it seems that Africans possess a talent for finding just the right nickname for a thing. This fricassee of chicken, […]

Poulet 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 […]

Tagine of Chicken, Preserved Lemon, and Olives

This Tagine — the word, also spelled Tajine, refers both to the cooking pot as well as a stew cooked in it — is one of dozens of […]

Brochettes

Kebabs, kabobs, or shish kebabs (from the Turkish, siskebabi, roasted meat) are popular all over the world. What could be more basic than roasting meat on a […]

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