Lemon-Marinated Coconut-Braised Chicken

Rich yet delicate, this simple dish is perfumed with lemon zest, ginger, and garlic, rounded out with sweet, acidic tomato. Like so many Malagasy dishes, this one transforms simple ingredients into a flavorful meal. And like so many other dishes in this book, this one is very similar to that from another region, the Philippines, where substituting vinegar for the lemon juice and adding soy and fish sauces would turn this dish into an adobo.