Chicken Yassa Inratable recipe!

Chicken Yassa Origin

I'm sure everyone here knows the famous Yassa 😏 chicken. This African dish that has really exported to the international. According to Wikipedia , the Yassa is a word Creole of Casamance which means frying. It is therefore a sauce made from onion and fried or grilled chicken. The dish is from Senegal, the country of Teranga !

And by the way, did you know that we can also do the Yassa with meat? In this case we say Yassa Yapp ; Or even the Yassa with the grilled fish ? I myself did not know before writing this post ..lol the Yassa Poisson tempts me well, I think I try it very soon by the way 🙂

Traditional Yassa Chicken

The base of the Yassa is the onions and the lemon. These 2 ingredients are compulsory. And these are the 2 ingredients that are used in the original Yassa chicken recipe

So in the traditional Yassa recipe, we don't add olive; No mustard . All these small modifications came after time, and really I find that adding the mustard even enhances the taste of the dish . I got away from the traditional version in this recipe, since I add the mustard 😅. Olives on the other hand I did not use 😌

Traditionally also the Yassa chicken is toasted on coal, not fried in oil as everyone does. Because even the smoke of the coal brings another taste to the dish!

Since I don't have a wood fire, or even barbecue. I burned my chicken in the oven.

So for those who want to make the traditional Yassa chicken, remember to use a barbecue or even the oven and leave the mustard and the olives!

Yassa Senegalese chicken recipe

There are a lot of different version on the internet .. lol me today I offer you a very simple version so good not very far from the original recipe (since I cheat by adding a little mustard 🙈 )

Chicken Yassa Ingredient

 On the ingredient side, you don't need much: onions, lemon, chicken, mustard, garlic, salt and pepper and that's it. The detailed recipe is as usual in step of the article 

How to cook the Yassa chicken? : Tips!

1st tip: that everyone ignores is to marinate the chicken marinated all night. I assure you that the taste of the Yassa with a marinated chicken and different from that without for the marinade we do not complicate.

2nd tip: as we use a lot of onions in this recipe, it is better to dip the onions in water to avoid crying too much. For me often it is a turn to cut the onions 😂 

3rd tip: roll the lemon a bit on the worktop, to be able to press well easily. It was my mother who taught me this little tip

4th tip: For those like me who are not used to eating a lemon salted dish , add a little sugar (very little) just to reduce the taste of acidity.

What rice for chicken yassa?

The Yassa chicken is accompanied very well with broken rice . For those who find it, remember to cook rather in a couscoussier. But otherwise, normal rice like basmati rice also goes very well!

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The Yassa chicken inratable recipe! I offer you a very simple version so good not far from the original recipe

Preparation time 10 minutes min

Cooking time 50 minutes min

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• Rice Cooker

Ingredients

  

• 1 lemon
• 1 tsp. optional mustard
• 3 big onions for the yassa
• 1 small onion for chicken
• 1 kg of chicken I chose the wings, and the thighs
• 2 pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 garlic
• salt pepper
• some branch of parsley
• optional ginger

Instructions

 

• Clean the chicken well
  
• Make the crushed chicken marinade: parsley, 1 onion, garlic, ginger, chili together. Without adding the water, but rather the oil
  
• Mix the chicken with part of the marinade, mustard, salt, pepper, and ½ lemon juice
  
• Let the chicken marinate overnight or minimum 2 hours for those who did not have time to do the day before
  
• Then grill the chicken in the oven or barbecue
  
• 
• Cut your onions into strips
  
• In a pot, heat a little oil and fry your onions by adding the bay leaf and the pepper. The onions must be caramelized. I fried my onions for 20 minutes, stirring regularly
  
• Meanwhile, cook the rice.
  
• As soon as the onions are translucent, add the rest of the marinade, a little water, and the juice of a lemon 1⁄2. Adjust the seasoning of salt and pepper
  
• Mix well and cook for 20 min on a low heat
  
• Add the grilled chicken and simmer for 10 min always on a low heat
  
• Serve hot with white rice! Good appetite and leave me a comment if you try this recipe
  

Notes

the amount of water you will add to step 10 depends on the amount of sauce you want to have

Type of dish: dinner

Kitchen: African

Keyword: Yassa chicken, chicken recipe, yassa