Huku ne Dovi — Print Recipe — The Culinary Codex

Free-range chicken pieces braised in a thick peanut butter and tomato sauce until falling off the bone, Zimbabwe's most celebrated chicken dish.

Ingredients

1 Season chicken pieces with salt, pepper, and curry powder, rubbing the spices into the skin.
2 Heat oil in a large pot and brown chicken pieces on all sides, about three minutes per side.
3 Remove chicken, add onions to the pot, and sauté until golden, about six minutes.
4 Add tomatoes and cook until they form a thick sauce, roughly five minutes of stirring.
5 Dissolve peanut butter in two cups warm water, pour into the pot, and stir until smooth.
6 Return chicken to the pot, cover, and simmer on low heat for forty minutes until chicken is tender and sauce is thick. Serve with sadza.

Did You Know?

In Zimbabwean culture, a woman's ability to cook huku ne dovi well was traditionally considered an important domestic skill.