West African Lemon Marinated Chicken

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (2 -3 lb) broiler-fryer chickens, quartered
• 2 large onions, sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 hot green chili pepper, minced
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/4 cups water or 1 1/4 cups chicken broth
• 5 tablespoons peanut oil

Recipe

• 1 in a large baking dish, combine the onion, garlic, chile, salt, ginger, and black pepper. stir in the lemon juice, 1 c water, and 1 tbsp oil. coat the chicken pieces in marinade and refrigerate at least 4 hours. turn pieces every half hour or so.
• 2 remove chicken from marinade, and reserve the marinade. pat the pieces dry. in a skillet, heat the remaining 4 tbsp oil over medium-high heat. brown the chicken, a few pieces a t a time, turning frequently to brown evenly. pour off all but 2 tbsp oil from the skillet and remove it from heat.
• 3 using the back of a spoon, press the marinade through a fine sieve set over a bowl. reheat the oil in the skillet over medium heat. add the solids fron the sieve and stir constantly until the onion is transparent.
• 4 return chicken to skillet and add 1/2 c strained marinade and the remaining 1/4 c water. bring mixture to a boil. partly cover pand and reduce heat. simmer 25 minutes, or until chicken is tender.