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Jasha Maru

Name: Jasha Maru
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Bhutan
Ingredients: 600g Bone-In Chicken Thighs; 4 Green Chili Pepper; 2 Tomato; 1 Onion; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 piece Ginger; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Chicken simmered with chilies and tomato — a spicy everyday chicken dish from Bhutanese homes.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Jasha maru is Bhutan's signature home-style chicken stew. True to a cuisine that treats chilies as a vegetable, it's made with plenty of green and dried chilies. A base of tomato and onion is cooked down with the chicken, concentrating the flavor beneath the heat, and it's always served with red rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a family dinner in Thimphu, jasha maru steams beside red rice and the scent of chili fills the room.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Bone-In Chicken Thighs 600g
Green Chili Pepper 4
Tomato 2
Onion 1
Garlic 3 cloves
Ginger 1 piece
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Sauté garlic and ginger in oil until fragrant.
Add onion and tomato and stir-fry together.
Add the chicken and sear until browned.
Add green chilies cut lengthwise and a little water, cover, and simmer.
It's done when the chicken is cooked through and the liquid has reduced.

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