Umami Bomb! Guinean Okra Sauce Gombo Recipe

palm oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Olive oil is healthier while sunflower oil is more affordable.

fish

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Tofu offers a plant-based option, while canned tuna is budget-friendly.

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: pork

Turkey is leaner, and pork can be less expensive.

lime juice

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: vinegar

Lemon juice offers similar acidity, while vinegar is often cheaper.

Heat oil in the bottom of a Dutch oven.

Slice and sauté onion until it gets a little bit of color.

Cube the beef and brown it in the pot.

Dice the eggplant into 1 centimeter cubes and add it to the pot, stirring to wilt.

Add a few pinches of salt to the eggplant.

Cut okra into 1 centimeter segments and add it to the pot.

Cover with chicken stock or water.

Add a whole fish cut in half if desired.

Crush a Maggi cube and stir it into the pot.

Cover the pot and simmer for 20 minutes.

Make an onion chili puree by chopping onion and adding 3 habanero peppers to a food processor, pulsing until smooth.

After 20 minutes, add the onion chili puree to the pot.

Grind dry shrimp into a powder and add it to the pot.

Cover partially and simmer for another 20 minutes.

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