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Ago Glain

Name: Ago Glain
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Benin
Ingredients: 4 Blue Swimming Crab; 150g Shrimp; 3 Tomato; 1 Onion; 1 piece Ginger; 3 cloves Garlic; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 1 Chili pepper; 4 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; 300ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Crab stewed with tomato, onion, and chili — a seaside specialty of Benin.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ago glain is a crab stew eaten in the lagoon and seaside towns of southern Benin. Crabs in their shells are stewed in a sauce of tomato, onion, ginger, garlic, and chili, sometimes with shrimp added. It's eaten by hand, shells and all, with akassa or white rice, and is a feast for celebrations.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a house in a lagoon-side village in Benin, crabs stewed in red sauce are piled on a platter and eaten by hand with white corn paste.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Blue Swimming Crab 4
Shrimp 150g
Tomato 3
Onion 1
Ginger 1 piece
Garlic 3 cloves
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Chili pepper 1
Vegetable oil 4 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 300ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Wash the crabs, remove the top shells, and cut in half.
Blend the tomatoes, onion, ginger, garlic, and chili.
Heat oil in a pot and fry the tomato paste and purée for 15 minutes.
Add the crabs, water, and salt and simmer 15 minutes.
Add the shrimp and simmer 5 minutes.

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