Shopping And Cooking A Big Pot Of Spicy Liberian Cassava Leaf

palm oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil offers a healthier fat profile.

fish

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Tofu provides a plant-based protein alternative.

meat

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is often more affordable and leaner.

crayfish

🥗Healthier: dried shrimp

💰Cheaper: fish sauce

Dried shrimp adds umami without high cost.

Go to the African store to buy cassava leaf and other ingredients.

Purchase fresh okra, sour leaf, and chinchi at the store.

Visit Costco to buy corn beef, kidney beans, and other items.

Prepare meats by soaking and cleaning them, including beef, pig feet, smoked turkey, and cow skin.

Blend onions and peppers for seasoning.

Add blended onions and peppers to the meats cooking on the stove.

Wash cassava leaf to remove any sand, if necessary.

Blend cassava leaf to break it up and remove large strings.

Add half of the blended pepper mixture to the cassava leaf pot and cover to cook for 20-25 minutes.

Season the boiling meats with salt, adobo seasoning, and onion powder.

Add palm oil to the cassava leaf as it cooks.

Cook the cassava leaf for about 2 hours, adding more water if necessary.

After 1 hour of cooking, adjust seasoning by adding more oregano for flavor.

Cook basmati rice according to package instructions, ensuring to wash it well to remove starch.

After 2.5 hours, check the cassava leaf and add the boiled meats and palm oil.

Stir the cassava leaf and let it dry down on medium-low heat before serving.

Fry plantains to serve on the side.

Plate cassava leaf with beef, rice, and fried plantains.

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