Burkinabé Cooking Online with Yipin

Since Yipin can’t physically welcome you into her home, she wants to do so virtually!

Our online classes are designed to be special, meaningful opportunities to share cooking, culture, and connection--just like our real life experiences. We want you to cook along, and we promise there will be plenty of time for questions, conversation, and stories. It will all end with a virtual dinner party where you'll get to share in the fruits of your labor, apart, but together!

In this 2.5 hour interactive online experience Yipin will guide you through making two of her favorite family recipes: mafeh (a rich and savory peanut butter stew made with bone-in chicken, cabbage, eggplant and okra) served over a plate of fluffy white rice and gingembre (a refreshing beverage made with fresh ginger, lemon, and pineapple juice, that is spicy, sweet, and truly delicious).

Shopping List for This Class

• 2 ½ to 3 pounds (1.2 kg - 1.4 kg) bone-in chicken parts
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 5 small bay leaves
• 3/4 ounce (20 g) garlic (about 6 medium cloves)
• ⅓ pound (150 g) bell pepper, any color (about 1/2 large)
• 1/2 pound (225 g) red onion (about 1 large)
• 1 pound (450 g) plum tomatoes (about 4 medium)
• ⅓ pound (150 g) scallions (about 1 large bunch)
• ¼ pound (115 g) fresh okra (about 10-12, frozen is okay too)
• 3/4 pound (340 g) eggplant (1 small Italian eggplant, or 5-6 tiny eggplants)
• 13 oz (370g) green cabbage (½ small cabbage)
• 10-15 oz ginger (1 large piece)
• 46 oz pineapple juice (1 large can)
• 1 lemon
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 6 oz can tomato paste
• 1 cup (240 ml) organic creamy peanut butter (with no added sugar or fat)
• 2 cups uncooked white jasmine rice
• neutral oil
• salt