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Vermicelle Poulet is the Senegalese dish of excellence and has over the years become a dish preserved for festive occasions, weddings, baptisms, and any other time people come together to celebrate.
And yet it is so simple. Steamed broken vermicelli, chopped onions, and braised chicken or lamb are all it takes to make this super simple and delicious dish. It’s one for the lazy cook.
Vermicelle Poulet Recipe
This Senegalese Chicken Vermicelli Recipe is a mildly spicy dish that can be found in the most humble Senegalese homes to 5-star Senegalese restaurants.
It is also very easy to make. Here are the ingredients you would need to make this incredible dish; chicken legs, vinegar, yellow mustard, butter, onions, broken vermicelli rice noodles, flour, vegetable oil, and a few seasoning.
To make, you start by heating a large pan with 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat and saute the vermicelli lightly until it turns pale golden brown.
Add 2 cups of water, boil, cover, and cook for 3 minutes. Once done, remove the vermicelli and set it aside.
In the same pan heat oil then add chicken, mix the flour into cold water and add all ingredients to the chicken.
Cover and simmer for 25 minutes until the sauce is thick. Serve chicken over vermicelli!
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Be sure to recreate this incredible Vermicelle Poulet recipe. Enjoy!
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Senegalese Chicken Vermicelli
Ingredients
- 4 chicken legs
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 4 large onions diced
- 1 maggi cube
- 2 garlic cloves
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 teaspoons ground red pepper
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 2 cups water
- 2 eight ounce packages broken vermicelli rice noodles
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups wate
Instructions
- Heat a large pan with 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat and saute the vermicelli lightly until it turns pale golden brown.
- Add 2 cups of water, boil, cover, and cook for 3 minutes. Once done, remove the vermicelli and set it aside.
- In the same pan heat oil then add chicken, mix the flour into cold water and add all ingredients to the chicken.
- Cover and simmer for 25 minutes until the sauce is thick. Serve chicken over vermicelli!
