Chicken yassa

Name: Chicken yassa
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 700 g chicken thigh, without skin (raw, boneless); 4 medium onions; 2 medium lemon; 2 Tbsp mustard; 3 cloves garlic; 1 cube chicken stock cube; 200 ml tap water; 3 Tbsp sunflower oil; 1 small red chilli peppers; 300 g rice (dry)

Senegalese chicken with lots of onions, lemon and mustard.

1 h 15 minto make
4portions
Mediumto cook

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A medium footprint

1.59 kg CO₂e a portion, or 3.12 kg for every kilo of the dish: its climate, nitrogen, land and water impacts together, from farm to plate.

How we rate the footprint

A very high nutrition rating

610 kcal and 34.1 g of protein a portion. The rating weighs what's in it, inspired by Nutri-Score.

How we rate nutrition

Ingredients

For 4 portions

700 g chicken thigh, without skin (raw, boneless)
4 medium onions
2 medium lemon
2 Tbsp mustard
3 cloves garlic
1 cube chicken stock cube
200 ml tap water
3 Tbsp sunflower oil
1 small red chilli peppers
300 g rice (dry)

Method

Marinate the chicken with the lemon juice, mustard, garlic and sliced onions for at least an hour.
Brown the chicken in the oil and take it out.
Cook the onions from the marinade until soft and golden, then add the rest of the marinade, the chilli, water and stock cube.
Return the chicken and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve with the rice.

Nutrition

	A portion (508 g)	100 g
Energy	610 kcal	120 kcal
Protein	34.1 g	6.7 g
Carbohydrate	79.3 g	15.6 g
of which sugars	7.6 g	1.5 g
Fat	16.8 g	3.3 g
of which saturates	2.5 g	0.5 g
Fibre	5.1 g	1 g
Salt	2.1 g	0.4 g

Footprint

	A portion	1 kg
Climate (CO₂ eq)	1.59 kg	3.12 kg
Nutrient pollution (N eq)	11.23 g	22.1 g
Land use for a year	1.38 m²	2.71 m²
Water use	7,991 l	15,723 l

Footprint from AGRIBALYSE 3.1.1 (ADEME), with our own minor changes. How we work it out.

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