🇸🇱 Sierra Leonean Cuisine

Plasas

Mixed Greens Stew

Prep Time 50 min
Servings 6
Difficulty Medium
Calories 454 kcal

A hearty stew of mixed greens — potato leaves, cassava leaves, or spinach — simmered with palm oil, dried fish, and groundnut paste into a thick, nourishing sauce.

Ingredients

  • 500g potato leaves or spinach, finely chopped
  • 200g dried fish, deboned
  • 3 tbsp palm oil
  • 1/2 cup groundnut paste
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2 scotch bonnet peppers
  • 1 tbsp ground crayfish
  • 2 bouillon cubes
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 cups water

Instructions

  1. 1 Wash and finely chop the greens.
  2. 2 Heat palm oil in a pot, sauté onion until golden.
  3. 3 Add dried fish, crayfish, scotch bonnet, and bouillon cubes.
  4. 4 Dissolve groundnut paste in water and add to pot.
  5. 5 Bring to a simmer, cook 15 minutes.
  6. 6 Add chopped greens, stir well and cook 20 minutes until tender and thick.
  7. 7 Serve over steamed rice.

Did You Know?

Plasas is so essential in Sierra Leone that the phrase "wi go it plasas" (we will eat plasas) is practically a national motto at dinnertime.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/sierra-leonean/plasas/