Name: Poulet DG
Eaten in: Cameroon
Foodie: Linda
If you meet someone from Cameroun, mention “Poulet DG” and you will definitely bring a smile to their face. And for a reason! The name of this specialty from Cameroun means, Chicken MD (managing director). Apparently, only well-to-do managing directors could afford to eat such a rich dish, hence its name. I get confused sometimes, and call this dish chicken DJ.
Might as well, since the mixes are so great! Fried plantains, vegetables, grilled chicken, gravy, a one-pot-dish that could keep you dancing all night… Ok, enough with the corny lines, here is the recipe.
Poulet DG
Serves | 4 |
Prep time | 15 minutes |
Cook time | 45 minutes |
Total time | 1 hour |
Meal type | Main Dish |
Ingredients
- 1 chicken
- 3 Tomatoes
- 6 ripe plantains
- 1 Small onion
- 3 sweet peppers (green, red, yellow)
- 5 carrots
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1-2 cube chicken stock(e.g. Knorr/Maggi (4 gram cubes)
- black pepper
- salt
- oil
Directions
1. | Cut the chicken in 8 pieces, season with salt and pepper and fry in hot oil until cooked. Remove from the fire. Alternatively, you can pan-fry the chicken for flavor and then bake it until it’s cooked |
2. | While the chicken is cooking, slice and chop the onions (in half-moon shapes), carrots (in discs), sweet peppers (in cubes), garlic, parsley, tomatoes |
3. | In another pot, add a few tablespoons of oil, add a teaspoon of salt, then the onions and garlic and fry until onions turn glassy |
4. | Add the carrots and stir fry for a few minutes |
5. | Add the chicken stock cubes |
6. | Finally add the rest of the vegetables (sweet peppers, parsley) and stir fry for a few more minutes. |
7. | Add the tomatoes, cook for about 2 minutes on high heat then reduce the heat and allow to cook further, stirring intermittently |
8. | While the sauce is cooking, peel and cut up the plantains in discs about one inch thick. |
9. | Fry the plantains just like in the fried plantains recipe |
10. | Put the chicken in the sauce and stir for a few minutes, add the fried plantains and mix well |
11. | It’s ready. |
Note
This recipe is adapted from: http://www.macocote.com/2012/01/poulet-dg/
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