🇲🇬 Malagasy Cuisine

Akoho sy Voanio

Chicken with Coconut

Prep Time 50 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Medium

Calories 482 kcal

Tender chicken pieces braised in creamy coconut milk with tomatoes, ginger, and garlic, yielding a luscious sauce perfect over rice.

Ingredients

1 whole chicken, cut into pieces
400ml coconut milk
3 tomatoes, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, sliced
1 thumb ginger, grated
2 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt and black pepper
Juice of 1 lime

Instructions

1 Season chicken with salt, pepper, and lime juice. Brown in oil on all sides.
2 Remove chicken. Sauté onion, garlic, and ginger until soft.
3 Add tomatoes, cook 5 min until broken down.
4 Return chicken, pour coconut milk over. Simmer covered 30 min.
5 Adjust seasoning, serve with steamed rice.

Did You Know?

Coconut palms line the eastern coast of Madagascar, making coconut milk a natural pairing with the island's free-range chickens.