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Yassa chicken on a plate with some roast potatoes

Easy Yassa Chicken

Abi Olayiwola
Oven chicken yassa recipe requires little effort, yet full of flavour.
4.84 from 6 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine African, Gambian, Senegalese, West African
Servings 4
Calories 441 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 Chicken breasts
  • Salt a dash
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 3 Onions medium sized, finely sliced
  • 4 cloves Garlic chopped
  • 2 tablespoons Mustard
  • ¼ cup Oil
  • 2 Lemons juiced
  • 1 Scotch bonnet

Instructions
 

  • Rub some salt on chicken breasts.
  • Place the chicken in a baking pan with all the ingredients and mix thoroughly.
    Chicken with yassa marinade in a baking dish
  • Cover baking the pan with foil and keep in the fridge overnight or for at least 4hrs.
  • Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan.
  • Place the chicken in the oven still covered.
  • Allow to cook for about 40 mins. Then remove the foil cover and place back for another 15 mins; so that the onions are starting to brown.
  • Remove from heat and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 441kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 50gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 145mgSodium: 352mgPotassium: 1054mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 92IUVitamin C: 42mgCalcium: 54mgIron: 1mg
Keyword African food, Chicken yassa, Gambian chicken, Poulet yassa, Senegalese chicken, Yassa chicken
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