Muamba de Galinha

Name: Muamba de Galinha
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: East African
Ingredients: 1.4kg chicken pieces; 3 tbsp palm oil (dendê); 3 garlic cloves, minced; 2 tomatoes, diced; 200g okra, sliced; 2 piri-piri chillies; 1 tsp salt

Angolan chicken stew with palm oil, okra and piri-piri — a rich, orange-coloured one-pot from Luanda.

Total time

70 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

50 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

East African

Ingredients

1.4kgchicken pieces

3 tbsppalm oil (dendê)

3garlic cloves, minced

2tomatoes, diced

200gokra, sliced

2piri-piri chillies

1 tspsalt

Instructions

Rub chicken with garlic and salt. Marinate 30 minutes.

Heat palm oil in a heavy pot. Brown chicken in batches.

Add tomatoes and chillies. Stir.

Add 200ml water. Braise covered 30 minutes.

Add okra. Simmer uncovered 15 more minutes until sauce is rich and thick. Serve with rice.