"KOUTI" Recipe || Guinean Recipe

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Tofu provides a plant-based option while chicken thighs are less expensive.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Olive oil offers healthier fats, while sunflower oil is budget-friendly.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: bell pepper

Jalapeño provides heat with fewer calories, while bell pepper is milder and inexpensive.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasonings

Homemade vegetable broth is healthier, while water with seasonings is cost-effective.

Peel cassava and cut into small pieces for easier blending.

Blend cassava in batches, adding water as needed to smooth out the process.

Pour blended cassava into a cheesecloth and squeeze to remove excess water, leaving a little moisture.

Mix the squeezed cassava with salt to combine and shape into cootie.

Set cootie aside and prepare dipping sauce by blending red onion, orange and red peppers, tomatoes, and habanero.

Heat vegetable oil and sauté a handful of red onion.

Add blended peppers to the sautéed onion and fry for 1-2 minutes.

Add tuna and season with salt, black pepper, and mustard; fry for 2-3 minutes.

Stir in tomato paste and a little more oil, then reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes until oil appears on top.

Fry the cootie in hot oil until golden brown, stirring regularly.

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