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Umleqwa

Name: Umleqwa
Total time: 2h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 1 free-range chicken, jointed; 2 onions; 3 tomatoes; 2 tbsp oil; 1 stock cube; Umsobo or spinach leaves; Salt, pepper

Xhosa 'running chicken' — the yard hen slow-simmered with onion, tomato and umsobo greens.

2h 4 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 1 free-range chicken, jointed
• 2 onions
• 3 tomatoes
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 stock cube
• Umsobo or spinach leaves
• Salt, pepper

Method

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Brown chicken in oil; remove.

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1
Brown chicken in oil; remove.
2
Sauté onion until soft; add tomato and stock cube.
3
Return chicken with 500 ml water; simmer 75 min until falling off the bone.
4
Fold in greens; cook 5 min.
5
Serve with pap.