Madagascar Chicken Recipes

MADAGASCAR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Marinate chicken in lemon juice 30 min, drain and season with salt.
• and pepper to taste Saute over medium heat until cooked on outside but slightly pink inside. Drain oil and place chicken in a container and set aside Saute onions, stirring constantly, until slightly browned. Add bell peppers and garlic and saute 3-4 min, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to simmer, add coconut milk, ginger, cayenne powder, and lemon rind. Add chicken back to stew.
• Cover and simmer 30 min or until in thick stew consistency. If mixture is too thin simmer with lid removed until desired consistency is reached. Serve over a bed of steamed white rice.
• NOTE: One pound shelled and deveined shrimp can be added to or.
• substituted for the chicken.

MADAGASCAR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Grate the lemon rind, removing the yellow only and leaving the bitter pith on the fruit. Reserve rind.
• Cut chicken into bite sized pieces and squeeze the juice of the lemon over the meat. Allow if to marinate for 30 minutes. Drain and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• In a hot skillet with a little oil or cooking spray, brown chicken over medium heat leaving chicken only partially cooked.
• Remove chicken and discard any oil, leaving just a light film or spray pan again. Add onions and cook until slightly browned.
• Add bell pepper and garlic and saute for 3 minutes. Reduce heat to simmer, add coconut milk, ginger, cayenne powder, and grated lemon rind.
• Return chicken to pan, cover and simmer 30 min or until in thick stew consistency. If mixture is too thin simmer with lid removed until desired consistency is reached.
• Serve over a bed of steamed white rice.

AKOHO MISY SAKAMALAO (CHICKEN THIGHS WITH GARLIC, GINGER, AND COCONUT OIL)

Steps:

• Place the chicken thighs in a large bowl with the garlic and ginger and sprinkle with the salt. Using your hands, rub the aromatics all over the chicken. If you have time, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, place it in the refrigerator, and allow the chicken to marinate for up to 24 hours.
• When you're ready to cook the chicken, warm the coconut oil in a large cast-iron skillet or other heavy skillet set over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook, turning the pieces occasionally, until deeply browned and cooked through, about 15 minutes. Serve warm. Any leftovers can be stored, covered, in the refrigerator for up to a few days and then rewarmed in a 300 degrees F oven or a skillet set over medium heat for a few minutes.

CHICKEN IN COCONUT MILK FROM MADAGASCAR

Steps:

• Marinate the chicken in the lemon juice, lemon rind, salt and pepper for about an hour.
• Heat oil in dutch oven or large covered pot. Saute the onion and garlic for a few minutes.
• Add the chicken and continue to cook and stir until the chicken is nearly done.
• Reduce heat, add tomatoes and ginger and stir for a few minutes.
• Add coconut milk and simmer over low heat until chicken is fully cooked and sauce is thickened.
• Serve over rice.

MADAGASCAR AKOHO SY VOANIO (CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper to taste.
• Slice tomatoes into small cubes. Set aside.
• Shred the coconut into a clean cloth. Fold the cloth around the shredded coconut. Wet the cloth using a glass of warm water. Squeeze the cloth and the shredded coconut to extract the coconut milk. Discard the shredded coconut.
• If obtaining and shredding a fresh coconut is not possible, you may substitute a can of unsweetened coconut milk instead.
• Add a small amount of oil to a frypan.
• Saute chicken until done over medium heat.
• Add onions to pan. Continue stirring over medium heat until the onions are brown.
• Add ginger, tomatoes and garlic to the pan. Saute together briefly over medium heat.
• Add coconut milk. ix well. Reduce heat.
• Simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
• Serve with rice and salad.
• Enjoy.

MADAGASCAR CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Marinate chicken in lemon juice for 30 minutes, drain and season with salt and pepper to taste. Heat oil and add chicken. Saute over medium heat for 5 minutes. Remove chicken and place in a container and set aside.
• Saute onions until slightly browned. Add bell peppers and garlic and saute 3-4 minute Stir and reduce heat to simmer. Add coconut milk, ginger, cayenne powder, and lemon rind. Add the chicken back to the stew.
• Cover pot and simmer 30 minutes, or until thickened. If mixture is too thin, simmer with lid removed until desired consistency is reached. Serve over a bed of steamed white rice.

MADAGASCAR COCONUT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut up the chicken breast into bite size pieces. Brown the chicken with the olive oil, but do not cook it completely. Add the chopped onion and let cook for about 1 minute, stirring it occasionally. Add the coconut cream and the can of chopped tomatoes. Add the chopped green onions. Add a dash of salt and dash of pepper. Let simmer for 1 hour covered, stirring occasionally.
• Optional: Add 1 chopped zucchini squash around the last 10 minutes.
• Serve with rice and you are done.