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Muamba de Galinha

Name: Muamba de Galinha
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Angola
Ingredients: 4 (bone-in) Chicken Thigh; 4 tbsp Palm oil; 10 Okra; 200g Pumpkin; 1 Onion; 3 cloves Garlic; 2 Tomato; 1 Chili pepper; 1 Lemon; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 400ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Chicken, okra, and pumpkin stewed in palm oil — Angola's national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Muamba de galinha is Angola's signature dish: chicken is stewed in palm oil (dendê), garlic, and chili, with okra and pumpkin added. Its red-orange color comes from the palm oil. It's served with funge, a stiff porridge of cornmeal or cassava flour, torn by hand and dipped in the sauce.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At Sunday lunch in a Luanda home, a pot of orange chicken stew and a big platter of white funge sit in the middle of the table.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 4 (bone-in)
Palm oil 4 tbsp
Okra 10
Pumpkin 200g
Onion 1
Garlic 3 cloves
Tomato 2
Chili pepper 1
Lemon 1
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Water 400ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rub the chicken with lemon juice, grated garlic, and salt and let stand 30 minutes.
Heat the palm oil in a pot and brown the chicken.
Add the chopped onion, chopped tomato, and chili and sauté.
Add water, cover, and stew 30 minutes.
Add the diced pumpkin and sliced okra and simmer another 15 minutes.

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