Chicken Salmi (Salmi Poulet)
A classic dish of Mauritian cuisine, Salmi Poulet is a spicy chicken fricassee. The best Salmi Poulet recipe you will love.
Recipe Ingredients
- Deboned chicken
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 tbsp minced garlic (used in marinade and sauce)
- 1 tbsp minced ginger
- Curry leaves, a few sprigs
- Fresh coriander, chopped, to taste
- 1 tomatoes, diced
- 4 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Pepper, freshly ground, to taste
- Salt, a pinch, to taste
- 2 dried chilies
- ¼ cup Port wine, plus more added later
- 2 tbsp oil
- 3 tbsp Salmi paste: Cinnamon, Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic, Ginger, clove.
Instructions
- 1
Cut the chicken and place the meat in a bowl.
- 2
Add minced garlic, minced ginger, curry leaves, cloves, cinnamon stick, ground pepper, a pinch of salt and dried chilies to the chicken.
- 3
Pour in Port wine and mix to marinate.
- 4
Heat oil in a pot and fry sliced onion, garlic, curry leaves and dried chilies.
- 5
Add diced tomato and stir.
- 6
Add the marinated chicken and stir to combine.
- 7
Stir in the Salmi paste.
- 8
Pour in more Port wine and season with a pinch of salt.
- 9
Add more diced tomato and chopped coriander, then stir.
- 10
Cover the pot and simmer until the chicken is cooked.
- 11
Uncover and stir the cooked Chicken Salmi.
- 12
Plate the Chicken Salmi on a serving dish.
- 13
Garnish with fresh tomato slices and coriander.
- 14
Serve with white rice garnished with coriander.
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