COPPERPoulet au coco recipe
Chicken rubbed with lime and turmeric, rested, then simmered down in coconut milk.
Ingredients
- 800 g chicken
- 400 ml coconut milk
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 lime
- 20 g ginger
- 3 clove garlic
- 1 onion
- 200 g tomato
- 1 tsp cumin
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp salt
How to make Poulet au coco
- Cut 800 g of chicken into large pieces and rub them with the juice of 1 lime, 1 tsp turmeric, 1 tsp ground cumin and 1 tsp salt.
- Cover and leave in the fridge 1 to 2 hours: this acid and turmeric rest is what colours and seasons the meat through.
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a heavy pot and cook the chicken over medium heat 6 to 8 minutes, turning, without letting it brown hard.
- Add 1 chopped onion, 3 crushed garlic cloves and 20 g grated ginger, and cook 5 minutes until soft.
- Stir in 200 g chopped tomato and cook 5 minutes until it collapses into the fat.
- Pour in 400 ml coconut milk, bring to a bare simmer and cook uncovered 25 to 30 minutes until the sauce thickens and coats the chicken.
- Check the salt and serve with pilao rice or boiled cassava.
What is Poulet au coco?
Poulet au coco is a traditional dish from Comoros, simmered in one pot, and takes about 2 hours from start to finish. It is built around chicken, coconut milk and tomato. The recipe below uses 11 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Poulet au coco take?
At 120 minutes it is slower than 50% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 45 dishes built on chicken. The method runs to 7 steps, the longest being 30 minutes.
Any tips for making Poulet au coco?
Rub the chicken with lime and turmeric and let it rest in the fridge before cooking: that rest is what colours and seasons the meat through.
Cooked with the same thing elsewhere
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