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Poulet DG, Chicken, managing director-style

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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

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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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Tomato sauce, or the Ivorian ketchup
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