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 ...

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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.

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 ...

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“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.