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Muchomo

Name: Muchomo
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Uganda
Ingredients: 500g Beef; 1 Onion; 1 Green Bell Pepper; 2 Tomato; 2 tbsp Lemon juice; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 8 Bamboo skewers; 2 Green banana

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Charcoal-grilled beef or goat skewers — a favorite at Uganda's roadsides and bars.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Muchomo comes from the Swahili for 'grilled,' and in Uganda it means skewers of meat grilled over charcoal. Beef, goat, or chicken is simply salted and grilled, and in the evening charcoal stalls line the roadsides and the fronts of bars. It's eaten with grilled banana or cassava and a tomato and onion salad.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Kampala street at dusk, skewers of meat smoke over roadside charcoal as people with beers in hand wait for them to finish.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef 500g
Onion 1
Green Bell Pepper 1
Tomato 2
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp
Bamboo skewers 8
Green banana 2

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into 3cm cubes, rub in the salt, pepper, oil, and half the lemon juice, and let stand 30 minutes.
Cut the onion and green pepper large and thread onto skewers alternating with the meat.
Grill or pan-fry over high heat for 10 minutes, turning occasionally.
Grill the bananas in their skins and peel.
Toss the chopped tomato and onion with the remaining lemon juice and salt and serve with the skewers and grilled bananas.

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