🇸🇱 Sierra Leonean Cuisine

Potato Leaf Stew

Sweet Potato Leaf Stew

Prep Time 50 min

Servings 6

Difficulty Medium

Calories 436 kcal

Tender sweet potato leaves cooked down in a rich palm oil base with smoked fish and groundnut paste, yielding a thick, nutritious green stew.

Ingredients

500g sweet potato leaves, finely chopped
200g smoked 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 Wash and finely chop the potato leaves.
2 Heat palm oil in a pot, sauté onion until translucent.
3 Add smoked fish, scotch bonnet peppers, crayfish, and bouillon.
4 Dissolve groundnut paste in water and add to the pot.
5 Simmer for 15 minutes until sauce thickens.
6 Add potato leaves, stir and cook 20 minutes until tender.
7 Serve over steamed rice.

Did You Know?

Sweet potato leaves are more nutritious than the sweet potato itself — Sierra Leoneans discovered this long before modern nutritional science confirmed it.