# Yassa Chicken

Yassa chicken is a simple and tasty dish made with chicken marinated in a flavorful sauce and cooked with onions.

- Total time: 80 min
- Cuisine: Caribbean
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 chicken thighs
- 2 chicken drumsticks
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp peppercorns
- ginger
- salt
- chili
- 1 red onion
- 2 yellow onions
- 2 bay leaves
- mustard
- 2 limes
- olives
- 10 cl water
- 15 cl water
- sunflower oil

## Instructions

1. Start with a base marinade for the chicken and sauce using garlic, pepper, chili, and salt.
2. Pound the marinade ingredients for a few minutes to make a small paste.
3. Make cuts in the chicken pieces and insert the paste inside.
4. Add a jar of marinade on top of the chicken, along with lemon and mustard, then mix well.
5. Reserve the marinated chicken.
6. Cut red and yellow onions into the sea (sliced).
7. Add the rest of the marinade, mustard, and lemon to the onions.
8. Grab your chicken on each side and send it to the oven for 20 minutes.
9. Cook the onions for at least 20 minutes until they have a nice coloring.
10. Add the olives and bay leaf to the onions and simmer for 20 minutes.
11. Put your well-roasted chicken back in the oven with the onion mixture.

## Equipment

- oven

## Tips

- To have a good tasting yassa, cook the onions for at least 20 minutes until they have a nice coloring.
- In real yassa, there is no mustard, but it can be added for a special flavor.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRDhqmBN/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/324d1399-fbae-4d33-b47a-5f90ef21a8a3
- Extracted: 2026-02-02

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