Chicken Yassa – Senegalese braised chicken with 🍋 and 🧅

A couple of weeks ago I heard about this dish. I loosely followed this recipe: https://www.seriouseats.com/chicken-yassa-senegalese-braised-chicken-with-caramelized-onions-5215703

• I added ginger as a few recipes I saw had it
• I added the marinade to the sauce
• I added an extra chili to the marinade as the batch of habaneros I got didn’t seem that hot
• I used olive oil
• out of laziness I used a tried chili in the braising liquid
• I blended up onion, ginger, garlic, and the peppers to make the base of my marinade and skipped lime since I didn’t have any
• I added an extra onion 🙂
• I used bone-in thighs
• I did the braise in the oven to save room on the stove

On my plate: leftover lentils, white rice (lentils balance it out), kale braised with onion, garlic, ginger, a splash of chicken broth, and chiles arbol since I had them.

It all turned out yummy. Note this dish wasn’t very spice as I prepared it. Just a bit of background heat – spice based on your palette but don’t be afraid of the scotch bonnet.

I threw in a pic of my finished pan!