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Ingredients
- 1 chicken, cut into pieces
- 1 large bunch of lumba-lumba (African basil)
- 2 onions
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 tomatoes
- Oil, salt and chili
- Water
Method
- 01 Brown the chicken and set aside.
- 02 Sweat onions and garlic, add tomatoes.
- 03 Return the chicken with water and simmer until tender.
- 04 Add the chopped lumba-lumba near the end so it stays fragrant.
- 05 Season and serve with bidia or fufu.
Lumba-lumba gives this Kasai chicken its unmistakable perfume.
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