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Cafriela

Name: Cafriela
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Guinea-Bissau
Ingredients: 700g Chicken Thigh; 2 Onion; 4 tbsp Lime juice; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 Chili pepper; 1 tsp Mustard; 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chicken marinated in lime, onion, and chili and grilled over charcoal — Guinea-Bissau's signature dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Cafriela is Guinea-Bissau's signature chicken dish: chicken is marinated in lime, onion, garlic, and chili, grilled over charcoal, and topped with a sauce made from the marinade onions. Called by a name from the Portuguese-influenced Creole, it's eaten with white rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a courtyard in Bissau, chicken grills over charcoal and is doused with lime-scented onion sauce.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 700g
Onion 2
Lime juice 4 tbsp
Garlic 3 cloves
Chili pepper 1
Mustard 1 tsp
Vegetable Oil 3 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rub the chicken with the lime juice, grated garlic, chopped chili, mustard, salt, and pepper.
Add the sliced onions and marinate in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
Remove the chicken and grill both sides until golden over charcoal or under a fish grill.
Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté the onions with the marinade until soft.
Pour the onion sauce over the grilled chicken and serve.

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