DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Cafriela
Chicken marinated with Malagueta chilli, onion, garlic and lemon, simmered and finished on the grill.
About Cafriela
Marga describes cafriela de frango as a traditional Guinea-Bissau dish in which marinated chicken is stewed before being finished on the grill. Malagueta peppers season the chicken with onion, garlic and lemon juice.
The chicken simmers in its marinade with water before grilling. The remaining sliced onion cooks separately in the sauce, with extra lemon juice offered to adjust its flavour.
The grilled chicken is served with that onion sauce over rice. This preparation brings the stewed chicken and its citrus-and-chilli sauce together with the rice on the plate.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cafriela
Marga's Malagueta-and-grilled cafriela de frango.
- Chicken partsProtein
- SaltSeasoning
- Malagueta peppersSeasoning
- OnionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Lemon juiceLiquid
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- WaterLiquid
- Prepared riceAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Chicken parts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual8 chicken parts, not automatically source4 hen used commonly elsewhere or Tunuka thighs.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Malagueta peppers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual4 positively traditional original chilli and10 supplied in recipe, sliced and seeded. Broader chilli-pepper candidate retains exact name; not personal serrano substitution.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual11/15 marinade half and16 cooked remainder consolidated.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual13/15 required marinade and16 optional extra quantity in sauce; one required food, not wholly optional. No transfer of SlowFood local lime identity.
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual13/15 source-explicit medium; botanical species/full formula unknown.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual16 named simmering liquid, not inferred.
- Prepared rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual17 rice below chicken/sauce, exact cooked rice formula unprovided and no own full rice-recipe link established. Do not infer butter/stock/salt.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guinea-BissauCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Guinea-Bissau Cuisine
- Guinea-Bissau CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.