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Feijão de Óleo de Palma

Name: Feijão de Óleo de Palma
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Angola
Ingredients: 300g (dried) White beans; 4 tbsp Palm oil; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 Tomato; 1 Bay leaf; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 2 Green banana; To taste Oil for frying

Side Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Beans stewed tender with palm oil and onion — Angola's everyday bean dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Feijão de óleo de palma means 'palm oil beans' and is one of the most common dishes in Angolan homes. Beans are boiled tender, then stewed with onion, garlic, and tomato sautéed in palm oil. It's eaten with fried plantain (cooking banana), rice, or funge.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At dinner in an Angolan home, a bowl of red-tinted bean stew sits beside a plate of fried cooking bananas.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

White beans 300g (dried)
Palm oil 4 tbsp
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Tomato 1
Bay leaf 1
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Green banana 2
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the beans overnight, change the water, and boil for 1 hour until tender.
Heat the palm oil in a pot and sauté the chopped onion and garlic.
Add the chopped tomato and bay leaf and sauté.
Add the beans with a little cooking liquid, season with salt, and stew 20 minutes.
Slice the bananas diagonally, fry, and serve alongside.

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