Chicken Suya

Suya is a popular street snack in Nigeria and apparently other West African countries. I was talking to a few of my friends from Ivory Coast and Cameroon and I was trying to find out what people eat during soccer matches as the World Cup is coming up. The common item was suya. Chicken suya to be specific. This made me realize that although we are all in different countries, we share very similar cultures. This recipe is very easy and straight forward. If you have an outside grill, it works well however, if you do not, you can still use your oven. I recently learned that the suya spice a lot of people call Yaji is not actually called Yaji. Yaji is apparently just pepper in Hausa and has nothing to do with the Suya Spice. If any Hausa people are out there, please educate us. What is the difference between Yaji and Suya Pepper and what is the name of Suya pepper in Hausa? In the mean time, enjoy the Afrolems Chicken Suya Recipe

Recipe for Chicken Suya

Ingredients

1 pound Chicken

1.5 Tablespoons of Suya Spice 

Seasoning cubes

1 teaspoon of chilli powder

Salt to taste

1 cooking spoon groundnut oil

Onions and Tomatoes for Garnishing

Method

Heat the oven to 500 F.

Wash and season the chicken with the Suya spice, chilli powder, seasoning cubes, salt and drizzle the oil over it.

Place the chicken in the oven and grill for 40 minutes. Check the chicken occasionally and flip on both sides so it can cook properly.

Serve hot garnished with the onions and tomato and a bit of suya spice sprinkled over the chicken.