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Poulet à la Moambe

Name: Poulet à la Moambe
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: DR Congo
Ingredients: 4 (bone-in) Chicken Thigh; 5 tbsp Palm oil; 2 tbsp Peanut butter; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 Chili pepper; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 400ml Water; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Chicken stewed in palm-nut sauce — the national dish of the DR Congo.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Poulet à la moambe is considered the national dish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: chicken stewed in moambe, a rich sauce made from oil-palm nuts. Peanut paste is sometimes added. It's eaten with chikwangue (cassava bread), fufu, or rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday in a Kinshasa home, a pot of rich orange chicken stew is set out as the family gathers around it with white cassava paste.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 4 (bone-in)
Palm oil 5 tbsp
Peanut butter 2 tbsp
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Garlic 3 cloves
Chili pepper 1
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Water 400ml
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rub the chicken with salt, pepper, and grated garlic.
Heat the palm oil in a pot and brown the chicken.
Add the onion, chopped tomato, and chili and sauté.
Add water, cover, and stew 30 minutes.
Stir in the peanut butter, simmer 15 minutes until thick, and serve with rice.

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