Odika Smoked Chicken

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Preparation info
  • For

    4

    people
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      1 hr 30

Appears in
Saka Saka: Adventures in African cooking, south of the Sahara

By Anto Cocagne and Aline Princet

Published 2022

  • About

Ingredients

  • 1.5 kg (3 lb 5 oz) smoked chicken
  • 50

Method

Preparation

Clean the chicken and cut it into pieces.

Top and tail the okra. Blanch the okra for 5 minutes in salted boiling water. Drain and set aside.

Toast the odika seeds in a hot non-stick fry pan until they are nicely golden. Using a mortar and pestle, crush the hot seeds until they form a smooth, chocolate-coloured paste.

Brown the chicken pieces in the