Senegalese sweet potato, rice and beans stew

Senegalese sweet potato, rice and beans stew

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs
  • Servings: 17

    • About This Recipe

    “In the early 1990’s, a housemate of mine went to Goree Island in Senegal, and came back with this recipe and a husband 🙂 This is a hearty, tasty stew of yams, black-eyed peas, and rice. I like to serve it on New Years Day. Use more or less hot pepper depending on your preference.”

    Ingredients

  • 1/2 cupvegetable oil
  • 5largeonions, chopped
  • 10clovesgarlic, chopped
  • 1 (6ounce) cans tomato paste
  • 2cupsblack-eyed peas( pre-soaked)
  • 5carrots, well-chopped
  • 2 yams or 2sweet potatoes, well-chopped
  • 5cupsrice
  • 1vegetable bouillon cube
  • 5teaspoonssalt
  • pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoonhot pepper

    • Directions

  • In one big pot or vat, saute chopped garlic and onions.
  • When translucent, add tomato paste and mix it in thoroughly.
  • Then add water (about 10 cups)- when it boils add vegetable bouillion cube, beans, carrots and yams, pepper, hot pepper and salt.
  • Boil until beans are tender.
  • Then add rice.
  • Boil 10 minutes covered, then 10 minutes uncovered.
  • Don’t stir until the very end.
  • You may need to add some more water.
  • If it is too watery, boil it uncovered some more.

    • Reviews

  • “This was a satisfying stew! Because it’s just DH and me, I cut the recipe way down. I used canned black eyed peas. Also, I added ham left over from Easter. Made for Spring 2013 PAC”

  • “Very tasty meal, made as written. Many thanks!”

  • “I added some lentils and some garbonzos for protein and ate it all week. YUM.”

  • “This stew is fantastic! I cut the recipe in half (it was still ahuge batch). We’ve been eating it all week-as stew and in roll ups. The flavor is great-just enough heat. This will make a great dish for a pot luck. Thanks for sharing! I’ll definately make this again.”

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