Sweet Fig Chicken Recipe

Sweet Fig Chicken uses ripe sweet figs and sour cream to create a sweet delicious sauce. 

Figs like to grow in dry, sunny areas which make parts of South Africa the ideal place to grow figs. Figs are full of calcium and potassium and fiber, and help keep your body running on track. 

South Africa Sweet Fig Chicken Recipe

Sweet Fig Chicken uses ripe
sweet figs and sour cream
to create a sweet
 delicious sauce 

Ingredients:

2 skinless chicken breasts

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 cup water

1 hot pepper

1 teaspoon red pepper flake

1/2 cup fig preserves

1/2 cup sour cream

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Heat oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Season chicken with the spices and add chicken to pot. Add water and let sit for about 15 minutes or until juice runs clear. Meanwhile in a large bowl mix sour cream and preserves well. Add sour cream mixture to chicken and over low heat cook an additional 5 minutes.

Did you know?

Fig trees are known by many names throughout Africa; Mukuyu in the Shona language, Vyeboom in Afrikaans, Umkhiwa in Ndebele, شجرة التين in Arabic, and figueria in Portuguese. Fig trees grow in Africa from South Africa to Senegal and Egypt, Madagascar and the Union of Comoros.