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Foutou Sauce Graine

Ivorian pounded plantain or yam foutou served with rich palm nut sauce, smoked meat, fish, and chile.

Country
Ivory Coast
Region
West Africa
Time
135 min
Serves
6
Level
hard
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When to cook it

Best for Sunday lunch, maquis-style meals, and special family cooking.. Plan on a hard cook and about 135 minutes total.

What to serve alongside it

Foutou banane, foutou igname, placali, or rice.

Regional lane

Coastal and southern table. Attieke, grilled fish, alloco, piment, and market plates made with cassava and plantain.

Chef watch-outs
  • Stopping the base before the pepper, onion, or spice edge has mellowed.
  • Thinning the pot before the body of the soup or stew has developed.
  • Rushing the base before the raw edge has cooked out.
How you know it is ready
  • The sauce should coat the spoon and taste rounded, not watery or raw.
  • The aroma should smell rounded rather than raw or sharp.
  • Oil, sauce, broth, or steam should look settled and deliberate.
Pantry lane

attieke, plantain, palm oil, scotch bonnet, eggplant

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Foutou banane, foutou igname, placali, or rice.

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Coastal and southern table

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Servings 6

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4 steps 35 min prep 100 min cook 135 min total hard
1
Cook protein
Simmer smoked meat with onion, tomato, pepper, and a little water until tender.
protein 45:00
2
Add palm base
Add palm nut juice and smoked fish, then simmer uncovered until the sauce thickens.
sauce 45:00
3
Make foutou
Boil plantain and yam until tender, then pound together into a smooth elastic dough.
foutou 30:00
4
Serve
Serve foutou with hot sauce graine and extra pepper on the side.
plate 03:00

The sauce may include smoked beef, agouti, fish, crab, adjovan, or green chilies depending on place and budget.

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