Here, they are taking a first bite of the Chicken Yassa. CONTRIBUTED BY CHRIS HUNT PHOTOGRAPHY. By C. W. Cameron. ... sold in every village and on the streets of Dakar as a snack or a light dinner.

Senegalese Chicken Yassa is a bold and tangy West African classic featuring marinated chicken simmered in a deeply flavorful sauce of caramelized onions, lemon juice, mustard, and spices. This ...

Chef notes. Chicken yassa (aka poulet yassa or yassa ganar) is my totemic dish. I first tasted it in Senegal in 1972 on my first trip to the African continent — and it was love at first bite.

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BINETTE: Oh, yassa, when you want to cook yassa, you're going to need a lot of chicken. You're going to need onion, and you're going to need the spices. You're going to need a black pepper, mustard.

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Make the yassa onion jam: In a medium (3-quart) saucepan over medium-high heat, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter. Add the onions and cook, stirring frequently and adding splashes of water as ...

“The classic West African mafé almost always has lamb, chicken or fish, but I love the simplicity and elegance of the vegan version that I'm introducing here,” Thiam writes.