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Sauce Gombo

Name: Sauce Gombo
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Côte d'Ivoire
Ingredients: 20 Okra; 2 White Fish Fillet; 200g Beef; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 2 tbsp Palm oil; 1 tbsp Dried shrimp; 1 Red Chili Pepper; 1 tsp Chicken bouillon; 1 tsp Salt; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chopped okra simmered until silky with fish or meat — Côte d'Ivoire's thick, stretchy sauce.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Sauce gombo is okra (gombo) chopped fine and simmered into a sauce that makes the most of its thick, stretchy body, combined with dried or smoked fish and meat. Palm oil is often added for color and richness. Eaten with foutou or rice, it's a staple sauce dish in Ivorian homes.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a village kitchen, a woman chops okra fine on a cutting board as a thick sauce bubbles gently in a big pot.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Okra 20
White Fish Fillet 2
Beef 200g
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Palm oil 2 tbsp
Dried shrimp 1 tbsp
Red Chili Pepper 1
Chicken bouillon 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into bite-size pieces and simmer in 600ml water for 20 minutes.
Finely chop the okra.
Add the onion, chopped tomato, dried shrimp, red chili, and palm oil to the pot and simmer 10 minutes.
Add the okra and simmer 10 minutes, stirring, until thick.
Add the white fish to cook through and season with the stock powder and salt.
Serve with rice.

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