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Main course / Meat
Chicken dip in a litchi-flavoured sauce by Brigitte Grondin
rating :

temps de préparation :

30 mn

temps de cuisson :

1 h 15

Ingredients :


Serves : 6 persons

1 Cimendef chicken, cut into chunks
4 medium-sized onions, cut into large pieces
6 garlic cloves
30g ginger
2 cloves
1 tsp pepper seeds
3 tbsp honey
4 tbsp aged rum
1kg litchis
3tbsp oil
Salt

Method :

Peel and deseed the litchis. Put them in a strainer over a deep dish to squeeze out the juice.
Heat the oil in a pan. Simmer the chicken pieces until golden brown. Moisten with aged rum and add the onions, garlic and ginger. Stir in the honey, cloves and pepper seeds before pouring in the litchi juice.
Add 1 litre of water and leave to cook for 30 minutes over a medium heat. Stir in the litchi and simmer for 20 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper if required.


Runweb tip :

Discover all the recipes of Brigitte Grondin in her latest edition “Du Bohneur dans votre assiette” – 4 Epices Editions and Epsilon Edition – Photos Hervé Douris. It can be ordered on www.livranoo.com. Find out more on Brigitte Grondin and the Local Products of Réunion Island (“Produits Pays Réunion”) in the “Gastronomy’s” section.