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Cote d'Ivoire Kedjenou Chicken

Côte d'Ivoire's Kedjenou Chicken

Côte d'Ivoire
Sedi Djentuh
Kedjenou Chicken is one of the main savory dishes in Côte d'Ivoire that you can prepare with a few vegetables, chicken or beef, and spices in a canari or tight pot. You can prepare it quickly while attending to other dishes without worrying about burning.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 3 hours
Course Main Course
Cuisine African
Servings 5
Calories 483 kcal

Equipment

Canari
saucepan
Dutch Oven

Ingredients
  

  • 2 kilos of Chicken
  • 2 Onions
  • 7 Green or spring onions
  • 5 large Tomatoes
  • 3 Bell peppers
  • 2 large Carrots
  • 1 Eggplant
  • 3 Habanero hot peppers
  • 3 cloves of Garlic
  • 1 tsp of chopped Ginger
  • 6 Thyme Springs
  • 1 tsp Smoked paprika
  • Bay leaves
  • 1 tsp Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp Chicken bouillon cube
  • 2 tsp Olive oil optional

Instructions
 

  • Chop the vegetables, except the eggplant. Chopped eggplant oxidizes when exposed to air. You’ll chop it when you’re ready to add it to the pot.
  • Put your chicken in a big bowl. Don’t remove the bones or skin. If you do, you might miss out on the full flavor.
  • Add your chopped ginger, garlic, salt, smoked paprika, thyme, bay leaf, and whole hot peppers to the chicken.
  • Add chopped vegetables. Mix and leave the mixture to marinate for 2 hours.
  • When the mixture is ready to cook, chop the eggplants.
  • Remove chicken, hot peppers, and bay leaves and set them aside. Add the chopped eggplant and mix it into the vegetable mixture.
  • Layer part of the veggies and the eggplants in a canari or cooking pot.
  • Layer the chicken on top of the vegetables.
  • Add bay leaves, some extra thyme sprigs, salt, and whole habanero hot peppers. You can prick the hot peppers if you’re looking to cook something spicy or “hot-pepperish”.
  • Crumble bouillon cube on top. Then layer the rest of the vegetables on top of the chicken.
  • Close the lid and cook it undisturbed for 45 minutes on high heat. Leaving the sauce to cook undisturbed infuses the chicken with the flavor of the spices and vegetables.
  • You can choose to use the oven in this process too.
  • Lower the heat after 15 minutes and shake the cooking pot without removing the lid. Allow the sauce to braise in its juices. The vegetables and chicken will create a lot of liquid, which helps the chicken to stay moist and tender.
  • Shake again after the next 15 minutes.
  • Check the chicken after 45 minutes to make sure it’s probably cooked. Taste for salt.
  • Cook for another 15 minutes and voila! Your Kedjenou Chicken is ready.

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Nutrition

Calories: 483kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 43gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 208mgSodium: 493mgFiber: 7gSugar: 13g
Keyword Chicken, Kedjenou Chicken