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Gabonese Folong

Name: Gabonese Folong
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Gabon
Ingredients: 2 bunches Spinach; 100g Peanuts; 1 Onion; 1 can Canned Mackerel; 1 Chili pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1/2 tsp Salt; 300ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Amaranth greens simmered with peanuts and smoked fish — a Gabonese greens dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Folong is a dish of the Fang people of northern Gabon: amaranth leaves are chopped and simmered with ground peanuts, smoked fish, and onion. It's also made in southern Cameroon. It's eaten with cassava sticks or rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a village kitchen in northern Gabon, freshly picked greens are chopped and simmered in a pot fragrant with peanuts.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Spinach 2 bunches
Peanuts 100g
Onion 1
Canned Mackerel 1 can
Chili pepper 1
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Water 300ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Toast the peanuts and grind finely in a blender.
Roughly chop the spinach.
Heat oil in a pot and sauté the chopped onion.
Add the water, ground peanuts, flaked mackerel, and chili and simmer 10 minutes.
Add the spinach, simmer 5 minutes, and season with salt.

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