🇲🇷 Mauritania cuisine · #6

Chicken Yassa

Chicken Yassa
Time90 min
Serves4
Ingredients8

Chicken marinated in lemon, onion and mustard and cooked until the onions caramelise, served with rice.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Marinate chicken and onions in lemon, mustard and garlic for 3 hours.
  2. Grill or brown the chicken.
  3. Cook the marinated onions until caramelised.
  4. Add the chicken and a little water and simmer 20 minutes.
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