Chicken Luwombo

Chicken luwombo is a Ugandan preparation in which chicken and vegetables cook in a tied banana-leaf parcel. In chef Claire Nabweteme Kisakye’s version, the chicken is roasted over charcoal before being cut into pieces. It is enclosed with tomato, onion, garlic, carrot, green pepper and oil, and the parcel is tied with dried banana fibre.^[1]

The filled parcel then cooks over a fire. Accompaniments include mashed matooke, steamed rice, sweet potatoes or ordinary potatoes. Kisakye presents the dish as part of a Christmas meal.^[1]