How to Make Sierra Leone Stew Green

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Tofu offers a plant-based protein option, while canned beans are budget-friendly.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Olive oil provides healthier fats, while sunflower oil is often less expensive.

green leafy vegetables

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: collard greens

Spinach is widely available and nutritious, while collard greens are often more affordable.

scotch bonnet peppers

🥗Healthier: jalapeños

💰Cheaper: bell peppers

Jalapeños provide heat with fewer calories, and bell peppers are a milder, cheaper alternative.

Start by frying the kuta (fish) in vegetable oil.

Slice onions and add them to the pot to fry.

Add fresh tomatoes to the pot with the onions and continue frying.

Steam the green leafy vegetables with a little bicarbonate of soda to maintain color and soften them.

Blend some onions and fresh tomatoes with pepper and add to the pot.

Allow the blended mixture to fry well in the pot.

Add two Maggie cubes to the sauce for seasoning.

Put in the shrimp to cook with the stew without frying it first.

Add the fried chicken to the pot.

Season with about a teaspoon of salt.

Add the steamed green leafy vegetables and allow to steam a little before finishing.

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