Moksi Meti — Print Recipe — The Culinary Codex

A hearty Surinamese dish of mixed smoked chicken, salted beef, and smoked fish braised together in a rich tomato-onion sauce with hot pepper.

Ingredients

300g smoked chicken, cut into pieces
300g salted beef, soaked and cubed
200g smoked fish, flaked
3 onions, sliced
4 tomatoes, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 Madame Jeanette peppers, whole
3 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp tomato paste
Salt and pepper
Fresh thyme

Instructions

1 Soak salted beef overnight in water, changing water twice to reduce salt. Boil until tender, about one hour. Cut into bite-sized cubes.
2 Brown smoked chicken pieces in oil until the skin is crispy. Remove and set aside.
3 In the same pot, saute onions and garlic until golden. Add tomatoes and tomato paste, cooking until thick and rich.
4 Return all meats and add smoked fish, whole peppers, and thyme. Simmer together twenty minutes until flavors meld completely.
5 Adjust seasoning carefully as the smoked and salted meats already carry a lot of flavor. Serve over white rice.

Did You Know?

Moksi meti literally means "mixed meat" in Sranan Tongo and celebrates the Surinamese philosophy that more types of protein in one dish means more flavor.