Chicken with Coffee Sauce / Sao Tome and Principe

What kind of dish is this?

This is a Sao Tome and Principe dish where chicken cooked with coffee, wine and cream is served on rice.

Why it was born.

In the 19th century, Sao Tome and Principe introduced coffee and cacao from Brazil.
This is the dish that was born with this opportunity.

Sao Tome and Principe

An island country in the Gulf of Guinea, the main industries are coffee and cacao cultivation and export.
Once a desert island, it was discovered and landed by the Portuguese in the 15th century and became a Portuguese territory. (Independent in 1975)
It also served as a base for slave trade for a long time, as it was conveniently located from the former Portuguese territories of Angola, Mozambique and Brazil.
At the same time, sugar cane was grown, but in the early 19th century, Portugal introduced coffee and cacao from Brazil to Sao Tome and Principe.

Chicken with coffee sauce

Sao Tome and Principe is strongly influenced by Portuguese culture, such as baking pancakes and boiling chicken with tomatoes.
It was born naturally by the addition of coffee here.

Thoughts

I like chicken. I like coffee, wine and cream. I eat rice every day.
But, I had no idea to eat them all at the same time.
When I tried it, it was a dish that exquisitely incorporated the aroma and bitterness.
The moment I put it in my mouth and the aftertaste is slightly coffee.
And, perhaps because of the coffee, the chicken breast was very soft.
Some people will like this and others will not.
I like it.

Recipe of Chicken with coffee sauce

From the book The Recipes of Africa

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 25 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Sao Tome and Principe

Servings 2

Ingredients

  

No.1

• 30 g butter
• 300 g chicken breast / dice cut / remove skin

No.2

• 2 chilli pepper
• 15 g garlic
• 1 bay leaves

No.4

• 50 ml coffee
• 200 ml white wine

No.5

• 1 tsp instant coffee powder
• 50 ml heavy cream
• 1 tsp sugar / option

No.7

• Free salt
• Free green onion / option

Instructions

 

• Heat butter in a pan and fry chicken.
• Add chilli pepper, garlic and laurel leaves. Fry.
• When the color of chicken changes, remove it and set it aside.
• Add coffee and wine to the frying pan and heat. Until the volume is cut in half. Or 5 minutes on medium heat.
• Add coffee powder and heavy cream and sugar, and mix well.
• Put the chicken back in the frying pan. Cool until you like it.
• Adjust the taste with salt.

  Finish.

Notes

・I’ve also browsed through recipes from people from different countries who have taken an interest in this dish. Many people seem to use Worcestershire sauce.

・For this recipe, red pepper is a must for me personally. I found the addition of red pepper to the meat, coffee and cream to be the perfect balance. Without the red pepper, I probably wouldn’t be able to eat it.

Keyword chicken, coffee, cream