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Koklo Meme

Name: Koklo Meme
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Togo
Ingredients: 4 (bone-in) Chicken Thigh; 2 Chili pepper; 1 piece Ginger; 3 cloves Garlic; 1/2 Onion; 1 tbsp Tomato paste; 3 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; 1 Lime

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chicken marinated in chili and ginger paste and grilled — Togo's street-stall grilled chicken.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Koklo meme means 'grilled chicken' in Ewe, a popular dish in Togo. Chicken is marinated in a paste of chili, ginger, garlic, and onion and grilled over charcoal. Sold at night stalls in the capital, Lomé, it's eaten with akoumé (corn paste) or fried plantain.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Lomé street at night, chicken brushed with red paste grills over charcoal as customers wait beyond the smoke.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 4 (bone-in)
Chili pepper 2
Ginger 1 piece
Garlic 3 cloves
Onion 1/2
Tomato paste 1 tbsp
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Lime 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Pound the chili, ginger, garlic, and onion.
Mix in the tomato paste, oil, salt, and lime juice to make a paste.
Score the chicken, rub in the paste, and marinate at least 1 hour.
Grill over charcoal or under a grill for 30 minutes, turning.
Serve with the pan juices poured over.

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