How To Cook ~ Best African Food Cuisine Recipe | Beef Stew, Rice Fufu, Delicious Sautéed Spinach

How To Cook Best South African Food Cuisine Recipe | Beef Stew, Rice Fufu, Delicious Sautéed Spinach|Sauce Tomate au Boeuf
Best African Beef Stew (La Sauce Tomate au Boeuf). Africa is a continent with the most versatile cuisine where you will find exceptional recipes with common roots. One of these recipes is the African Tomato Stew. This dish is rich, savory, tasty with a little kick of spiciness. It is usually served with steamed rice, cooked potatoes, plantain or fufu. Fufu is a dough-like food, and in my country, made from cassava flour but it varies in other African countries. It can be made with fresh plantain or yam, or even rice flour. . So today, I’m going to show you how to make my version of this staple dish. Without any further delay let’s make our Gourmet Sauce Tomate au Boeuf (Tomato Stew with Beef) that we will serve with steamed plantain and sautéed spinach on the side.
ingredients:
Sauce Tomate au Boeuf (Tomato Stew with Beef)
• Short ribs
• 1 large onion (diced)
• 2 large tomatoes
• 1 medium bell pepper
• ½ of a large leek
• 2 garlic cloves (crushed )
• ½ cup of Olive oil
• 1 tbsp of ground dried shrimp
• Salt, black pepper, paprika, garlic salt, 2 bay leaves
• Blanche Green Seasoning
• 2 habanero peppers
• Bouillon powder
• ½ cup of chopped parsley and 1 tsp of flour mix with water
Sautéed Spinach
• 1 lb. of baby spinach
• 1 large onion
• 1 large leek
• 1 large bell pepper (4 pieces)
• 2 tbsp of tomato paste
• 2 garlic gloves
• 2 tbs of olive oil
• Salt, black pepper, garlic salt, bay leaf, paprika
Rice Fufu
• ½ to 1 cup of rice flour
• Water
Cooking instructions:
La Sauce Tomate au Bœuf
• Starting with the ribs, trim all excess fat and wash with hot water, then pat them dry with a paper towel.
• Arrange ribs in 1 layer in a baking dish and bake in the oven for two hours at 300°F. In the original recipe, the beef is usually seared in a pot in oil until browned. This process helps develop a unique flavor that will blend with the tomato sauce. That’s the step I am bypassing because it requires a good amount of oil. Roasting my meat in the oven gives me the same result minus the extra fat.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, place bell pepper, add water, and bring to a boil.
• Let the bell pepper cook for 5 minutes or so, then add the whole tomatoes to the boiling water.
• Let it boil for a couple of minutes and remove from the boiling water, let it cool down then, remove the skin.
• Quickly blend the bell pepper and tomato in a food processor and reserve.
• Remove the meat from the oven, let it cold down, cut in the sizes you want, place in a bowl, disregard the excess fat that is in the baking dish.
• Heat oil in a pot over medium-high, add onion and leek, and fry till light golden brown.
• Add the meat and continue to fry.
• Next add the tomato/bell pepper paste, continue to fry to develop more flavor.
• After a good 5 to 10 minutes of frying, start seasoning. Add garlic salt, salt, black pepper, the green seasoning or seasoning of your choice) and continue the frying process.
• Follow with paprika, mix well and add the garlic. Never stop mixing and frying.
• Add the tomato paste, a little water to allow you to mix well and deglaze the pot a little bit and fry a little longer.
• Next add ground dried shrimp and some bouillon powder.
• Depending on how tender is your meat, add the required amount of water. I am adding 5 cups of water and the habanero peppers.
• Turn the stove on high and let your sauce reduce for 45 minutes to 1 hr.
• After 45 minutes to 1 hr., turn the heat down and let the stew simmer until the sauce thickens and the meat is fork-tender
• Add the flour/water mixture and the parsley, let it cook for 1 minute and turn off the heat.
• Your African Beef Stew is ready
Sautéed Spinach
• Prep the spinach before starting.
• In a pan, add onion, bell pepper, leek, and crushed garlic.
• Season with salt, black pepper, and garlic salt.
• Add ½ of water and bring everything to a boil.
• Once the water has dried out, add the spinach, follow with the oil, sauté everything for 3 to 5 min.
• Add a little bit of ground dried shrimp and some bouillon powder.
• Cook for a couple more minutes and done.
Rice Fufu
• Pour boiling water in a saucepan.
• Incorporate the rice flour to the water while mixing with a manual whisk.
• Once everything is well mixed. Turn the stove on medium-high and start cooking the dough.
• The texture will change and become harder as it cooks.
• Add a little bit of water, cover with the lid, turn the heat down and let it simmer for 3 minutes.
• Remove the lid and start kneading the dough over medium heat then add the potato starch.
• Continue kneading the dough until you reach the consistency in the video.
• Divide the dough in the portions you like and wrap in plastic wrap.
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