This super delicious chicken is from Samoa. You might need to search forsome of the ingredients but the effort is well worth it.  Serves 4.

​Samoan Chicken Moa Fa'Asaina

INGREDIENTS: 
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For the chicken

• 2 lbs (1 kg) chicken pieces with skin on and bones eg drumsticks and thighs
• 1 cup dark soy sauce
• ½ cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 onion sliced
• 4 cloves garlic peeled and diced
• 1 tablespoon ginger peeled and minced
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 Tablespoons tapioca starch
• 2 Green onions chopped to garnish

For the rice

• 2 cups cooked white rice
• 1 cup coconut milk
• pinch salt

METHOD:

1. Season the chicken well with salt and pepper
2. Brown the chicken on all sides in a large dutch oven.
3. Remove the chicken to a plate and drain all but a tablespoon or so of grease from the dutch oven.
4. Saute the onions and garlic and ginger in the dutch oven, scraping up any bits from the chicken.
5. Return the chicken to the pan and add the soy sauce and vinegar, then add enough water to cover the chicken.
6. Continue to cook for another 20 minutes or so or until the chicken is cooked through.
7. Remove the chicken from the pan.
   
8. To thicken the sauce. Take 2 Tablespoons of tapioca starch in a bowl with just a touch of cold water to form a thick paste.
   
9. Whisk this into the sauce
   
10. Reduce the heat as the sauce begins to thicken and return the chicken to the sauce

For the rice

1. Into the warm cooked rice, add the coconut milk and a pinch of salt. You should have enough to cover the rice. Allow the rice absorb the coconut milk.

To serve:

1. Put a scoop of rice in a bowl then top with a couple pieces of chicken and sauce
2. Garnish with onions and sesame seed, Serve warm