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Chichinga (Ghanaian kebab) with Baked Beans Free Ghana salad

Heres a similar recipe of  #herbchichinga

If you are hoping to include some healthy diets into your lifestyle, then #ghanaglutenfreediet , #ghanavegandiet and #nocarbdiet will do your body good occasionally. It is okay for us to once in a while cleanse our bodies with healthy diets and these some of them. Below is a simple recipe of one of the popular street food, chichinga and salad for you want to try on a 'no carb diet'.

All you need (serves 2 adults or 1 adult for 3 days no carb diet)

For chichinga
600g pork fillet or meat of preference
5 tablespoon ground peanut or flour
1 tablespoon smoked paprika powder
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon hot chili powder
1 teaspoon nutmeg powder
1 teaspoon ginger powder
1/2 teaspoon cloves powdered
1/2 cup of peanut oil
salt to taste

For salad
1 can of sardines in oil
1 small cabbage
1 small sweet onion
2 carrots
2 boiled eggs
3-4 tablespoon mayonnaise
3-4 tablespoon lemon juice
fresh mint leaves or dill
salt to taste

How to make it
For kebabs, mix all spice ingredients with salt together with the oil. Cut meat into thin slices and add about 3/4 of the spice mix to meat and allow marinate for at least 1 hour.

Meanwhile, finely slice cabbage, carrots and onions.
In a big bowl, add in rest of ingredients.
Slice up boiled eggs and mix in the bowl together with the cabbage, carrots and onion.
Mix carefully to cover all vegetables and keep covered in the fridge.

Next, soak some kebab stick in cold water for 15 minutes. Get grill or oven.
Remove sticks from water arrange marinated meat on them.
Grill at 300 degrees or oven broil at 275 degrees  and baste with leftover marinated until cooked about 5-7 minutes.
Tip, you can add some red onions in between the kebabs.

Please do let me know when you try this Ghanaian delicacy.
Serve with cold salad and enjoy. #aduanepa

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