1
Cook protein
Simmer smoked meat with onion, tomato, pepper, and a little water until tender.
protein
45:00
Ivory Coast | Soup
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
Recipe overview
What to know before you cook
Foutou sauce graine is one of the plates that makes an Ivorian table feel complete: elastic pounded starch and a red palm sauce with smoke, chile, and depth.
What the dish tastes like
Ivorian pounded plantain or yam foutou served with rich palm nut sauce, smoked meat, fish, and chile.
When to cook it
Best for Best for Sunday lunch, maquis-style meals, and special family cooking., with a hard cooking level 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 built around 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
Recipe photos
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Chef board
Build the table around Foutou Sauce Graine
Foutou banane, foutou igname, placali, or rice.
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
135 min total
hard
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.