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Poulet Yassa

Also known as: Chicken Yassa

Chicken in a tangy caramelised-onion sauce with lemon, mustard and cider vinegar.

About Poulet Yassa

Fauzia identifies poulet yassa as a traditional Senegalese chicken-and-onion dish. Her complete published rendition marinates chicken with abundant onions, lemon juice, mustard and cider vinegar before pan browning and simmering.

Garlic, bay leaves, black pepper and cayenne flavour the sauce. This version selects the author’s regular yellow mustard and retains fresh red chilli as an optional addition for extra heat.

Caramelised onions surround the chicken in the reduced sauce, finished with fresh coriander. Steamed rice is the selected serving accompaniment from the source’s alternatives, preserving the attributed recipe’s onion-centred character.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Mustard.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in Poulet Yassa

Fauzia’s Senegalese poulet yassa, pan-browned rendition.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Skinless chicken: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • White onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual preferred white/yellow option77, white selected.
  • Fresh lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual marinade79/91 and pan93, botanical identity unprovided.
  • Cider vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual80, full bottle formula unprovided.
  • Bay leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Yellow mustard: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Mustard source-confirmed. Actual author regular yellow mustard82 selected over preferred-if-available Dijon; Mustard definite, full formula unknown.
  • Garlic paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual minced-to-paste83, no outside prepared-product additions inferred.
  • Freshly cracked black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Cayenne pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual85 alternative selected over generic red-chilli powder.
  • Fresh red chilli (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual optional86 selected over Scotch bonnet alternative.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual offered88/93 sauce-liquid branch selected over chicken/vegetable stock.
  • Fresh coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual89 and93, retained over method parsley alternative.
  • Prepared steamed rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual93 serving branch selected over mashed potatoes; full separate rice formula unprovided.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

  • Senegal
  • GuineaCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

Sources & references
  1. Fauzia’s Senegalese poulet yassa, pan-browned rendition