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Poulet à la Moambé (Congolese Palm Butter Chicken)
Tender browned chicken simmered in rich palm fruit concentrate with aromatics and chili.
The story
Considered the national dish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Poulet à la Moambé features chicken braised in a luscious sauce extracted from the pericarp of oil palm nuts (mwamba). Historically prepared with stewing hen (poule dure) over charcoal braziers, the dish balances rich, earthy red palm fats with sharp aromatics and fiery chili.
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