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Liboke

Name: Liboke
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: DR Congo
Ingredients: 4 fillets White Fish Fillet; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 1 Green Bell Pepper; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 Chili pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 Lemon; 1 tsp Salt; To taste Banana Leaves

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Fish wrapped in banana leaves with onion, tomato, and chili and steam-roasted — a traditional Congolese dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Liboke is a traditional Congolese cooking method: fish, chicken, or mushrooms are wrapped in banana leaves with onion, tomato, chili, and garlic and steam-roasted over or beside charcoal. The leaves lend their aroma and seal in the flavor. It's classically made with fish from the Congo River.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a house on the banks of the Congo River, a leaf parcel set beside the charcoal is opened to reveal fragrant fish in a cloud of steam.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White Fish Fillet 4 fillets
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Green Bell Pepper 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Chili pepper 1
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Lemon 1
Salt 1 tsp
Banana Leaves To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Sprinkle the fish with salt and lemon juice and let stand 15 minutes.
Chop the onion, tomato, green pepper, garlic, and chili and toss with oil and salt.
Spread half the vegetables on a banana leaf, lay the fish on top, and cover with the rest.
Wrap in the leaf and tie with string.
Steam-roast over charcoal or in a 200°C oven for 30 minutes.

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