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Huku ne Dovi (Zimbabwean Braised Chicken in Peanut Sauce with Sadza)
Fall-apart chicken simmered in a rich, velvety peanut butter and tomato sauce, served alongside collard greens and sadza.
The story
Dovi is Zimbabwe's beloved national comfort dish, deeply woven into Shona and Ndebele home cooking traditions. Reflecting the widespread highveld cultivation of groundnuts, this dish elevates everyday braised chicken and indigenous dark greens (muriwo) into a rich, glossy stew through the addition of pure stone-ground peanut butter.
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