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Slice plantain
Peel the ripe plantains and slice them diagonally about 1 cm thick. Sprinkle lightly with salt.
Ivory Coast | Snack
Alloco
Ivorian fried ripe plantain served hot with onion-tomato piment, a street-food plate that works as snack or side.
Country
Ivory Coast
Region
West Africa
Time
30 min
Serves
4
Level
easy
Recipe overview
What to know before you cook
Alloco should taste sweet, salty, and hot. Use plantains with black spots, fry them in batches, and do not skip the piment.
What the dish tastes like
Ivorian fried ripe plantain served hot with onion-tomato piment, a street-food plate that works as snack or side.
When to cook it
Best for Street-food snacks, with a easy cooking level and about 30 minutes total.
What to serve alongside it
Grilled fish, boiled eggs, roasted peanuts, or extra piment
Follow the collection
Alloco appears in 3 AfroKitchen collections. Start with Quick & Easy if you want more dishes in the same mood. Quick & Easy
Regional lane
Coastal and southern table. Attieke, grilled fish, alloco, piment, and market plates built around cassava and plantain.
Chef watch-outs
- Rushing the base before the raw edge has cooked out.
- Adding all seasoning early and forgetting to adjust at the end.
- Cooking on heat that is too high once the dish should be steaming or simmering.
How you know it is ready
- The aroma should smell rounded rather than raw or sharp.
- Oil, sauce, broth, or steam should look settled and deliberate.
- The final texture should match the dish style before you plate it.
Pantry lane
attieke, plantain, palm oil, scotch bonnet, eggplant
Recipe photos
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Chef board
Build the table around Alloco
Grilled fish, boiled eggs, roasted peanuts, or extra piment
Best route from here
Coastal and southern table
Collections to keep cooking
How to cook it
Step-by-step method
Keep the rhythm calm, watch the texture, and adjust seasoning at the end.
4 steps
30 min total
easy
2
Fry in batches
Heat oil in a deep pan. Fry plantain slices in batches until both sides are deep golden, then drain on paper.
Fry plantain
06:00
3
Make piment
Mix tomato, onion, scotch bonnet, garlic if using, salt, and a squeeze of lime. Keep it fresh and sharp.
4
Serve hot
Pile alloco onto a platter and serve with piment on the side or spooned over the top.
Some sellers serve alloco with fried fish, hard-boiled eggs, peanuts, or a raw onion and chile relish.