Muamba de
Galinha from Angola
INGREDIENTS:
- One chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces
- Juice of one lemon
- 1 cup of red palm oil
- 2 or 3 onions chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 hot chili pepper, left whole and removed after
cooking, or chopped for an extra spicy dish
- 3 tomatoes, peeled and quartered
- 1 squash or sweet pumpkin, seeded, peeled, and
cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 cup of canned palm soup base or palm butter
- 1 or 2 dozen small, tender okra; washed, with
ends removed
- Salt to taste
1. Squeeze lemon juice over
chicken. Let it marinate for fifteen minutes to an hour.
2. Over high heat, bring the
oil to cooking temperature in a deep skillet. Add the
chicken and cook it on all sides until it is slightly
browned, but not done.
3. Add the onion, garlic,
chile pepper, and tomato. Stir occasionally, cooking over
medium heat for about 30 minutes, until the chicken is
nearly done.
4. Add the squash or sweet
pumpkin and cook for an additional ten to fifteen minutes.
Stir in palm soup base, and add the okra. Gently simmer
for a few minutes, until the okra is tender.
5. Add salt to taste. Serve
over rice
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