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Ingredients
- 1 chicken, cut into pieces
- 5 ripe tomatoes, crushed
- 2 onions, sliced
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 piece of fresh ginger
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 bay leaf
- Pili-pili, salt and pepper
- 250 ml water
Method
- 01 Season the chicken and brown on all sides in the oil.
- 02 Set the chicken aside and sweat the onions in the same pot.
- 03 Add the pounded garlic and ginger, then the tomatoes and bay leaf.
- 04 Reduce the sauce 12 to 15 minutes until concentrated.
- 05 Return the chicken, add water and pili-pili, then cover.
- 06 Simmer gently 30 to 35 minutes. Uncover at the end if the sauce should thicken.
Served with rice, fufu or makemba, soso ya sauce is a family dish whose seasoning shifts from house to house.
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