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Poulet Coco

Name: Poulet Coco
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Vanuatu
Ingredients: 4 (bone-in) Chicken Thigh; 400ml Coconut milk; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 piece Ginger; 1 tsp Curry Powder; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chicken simmered with coconut milk and ginger — a Vanuatu home feast.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Poulet coco means 'coconut chicken' in French, a dish made in Vanuatu homes on Sundays and celebration days. Chicken is fried with onion, garlic, and ginger and simmered tender in coconut milk. Some families add a little curry powder. It's eaten with rice or laplap.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At Sunday lunch in a Vanuatu home, coconut chicken stew is brought out in its pot alongside plates of rice and roasted root vegetables.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 4 (bone-in)
Coconut milk 400ml
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Ginger 1 piece
Curry Powder 1 tsp
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Season the chicken with salt and pepper and brown in oil.
Add the onion, garlic, and ginger and fry.
Add the curry powder until fragrant.
Add the coconut milk, cover, and simmer on low for 35 minutes.
Serve with rice.

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