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Baho

Name: Baho
Total time: 240 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Nicaragua
Ingredients: 800g Beef; 3 Green banana; 2 (ripe) Bananas; 4 Potato; 150ml Orange juice; 2 tbsp Lemon juice; 3 cloves Garlic; 2 tsp Salt; 1/4 Cabbage; 1 Tomato; 3 tbsp Vinegar; To taste Banana Leaves; 500ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 240 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Beef, cassava, and cooking bananas steamed in banana leaves — Nicaragua's Sunday feast.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Baho (bajo) is Nicaragua's Sunday feast: beef marinated in salt and orange, cassava, green bananas, and ripe bananas are layered in a big pot lined with banana leaves and steamed for hours. The name derives from a word meaning 'steam.' It's served with cabbage salad and eaten by the whole family.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday morning in Nicaragua, banana-leaf parcels are opened from a big pot in the yard, and beef, bananas, and cassava emerge from the steam.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Beef 800g
Green banana 3
Bananas 2 (ripe)
Potato 4
Orange juice 150ml
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Garlic 3 cloves
Salt 2 tsp
Cabbage 1/4
Tomato 1
Vinegar 3 tbsp
Banana Leaves To taste
Water 500ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into large pieces and marinate overnight with orange juice, lemon juice, grated garlic, and salt.
Put water in the bottom of a big pot, set up a rack or plate as a platform, and line with banana leaves.
Layer the peeled potatoes, unpeeled bananas, and beef, wrap in leaves, and cover.
Steam on low for 3–4 hours (adding water partway).
Serve with a salad of shredded cabbage and tomato dressed with vinegar and salt.

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