Chicken Yassa with Mushrooms

 INGREDIENTS

400g chicken thigh, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 2 tsp ginger, grated, 1/2 tbsp peppercorn cayenne pepper – to taste, 6 garlic cloves, 2 cups/1 margarine tin, onions, sliced

1/2 tbsp kpakpo shito, 1 bay leaf, 2 tbsp oil, 1 cup chicken stock, 1 carrot, 1 1/2 margarine tin/3 cups, mushrooms, roughly chopped, salt to taste

DIRECTIONS

1.Combine lemon juice, cayenne, bay leaf, ginger, salt, garlic, onions and chicken in a large bowl. Leave to rest for at least 4 hours. 2. Remove chicken from the marinade (keep marinade for later use) and grill until golden, but not cooked through. 3. Separate the onion and spices from the juice of the marinade. Heat oil and cook the onions and spices and cook until onions are clear and soft. Add the mushrooms, carrots, grilled chicken, marinade and chicken stock and cook for about another 20 mins until chicken is cooked through.

Discussion

The episode focuses on Ghana’s  vegetable sector. The discussion saw two executives of the Ghana vegetable Exporters Association, GAVEX delving into some challenges affecting production and ways to mitigate these challenges for production, processing and export. The show also solicited for view from some Ghanaians to know what their thoughts are regarding the subject matter as well as a visit to a vegetable corner to source for some ingredient for this lovely recipe.  Preparation of the meal is done with the President of the Ghana Vegetable Exporters Association, GAVEX, Mr. George Whyte. The show is a 13-series  carefully designed to increase awareness on the consumption of vegetables among Ghanaians whilst  projecting activities of GhanaVeg and its partners within the vegetable sector.  the host of the show is a renowned chef who doubles as the chef, Selassie Atadika of Midunu

The show is airs every Sunday on TV3 network at 6:00 pm. You can also get other recipes  and activities of GhanaVeg on www.ghanaveg.org.