Chicken Yassa Recipe (Senegalese Chicken)

Name: Chicken Yassa Recipe (Senegalese Chicken)
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 9 h
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 1/2 cup peanut oil (or vegetable oil); 3 boneless (skinless chicken breasts, cut in half horizontally to make two thin fillets); 4 large yellow onions (roughly chopped); 8 tablespoon lemon juice; 8 tbsp cider vinegar; 1 bay leaf; 4 cloves garlic (minced); 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard or stone-ground mustard; 1 jalapeno pepper (seeded and finely chopped (optional)); 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil

Instructions

Prep:8hCook:1h

Prepare to be swept off your culinary feet with Chicken Yassa – a tantalizing dance of flavors that had me questioning four onions, but left me begging for seconds!

Updated at: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:04:20 GMT