DISH RESEARCH · Side dish
Amiwo
Firm tomato-seasoned corn paste with peppers, red onion and plum tomatoes.
About Amiwo
Leila Abdoulaye presents amiwo as a traditional Beninese corn-flour dough cooked in tomato-seasoned chicken stock. Her recipe forms the paste in moulds and serves it with sautéed sweet peppers, red onion and plum tomatoes.
Onion, garlic and tomato paste season the base with chicken bouillon, salt and pepper. An optional habanero jam adds a separate sweet-hot accompaniment.
The author describes the paste as firmer than mashed potatoes. It holds its moulded shape on the plate beneath the vegetable medley, with grilled chicken offered as one possible serving partner.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Amiwo
Leila Abdoulaye’s Beninese amiwo with sautéed vegetables.
- Corn flourBase · Amiwo
- Chicken bouillon cubesSeasoning · Amiwo
- Tomato pasteSeasoning · Amiwo
- GarlicAromatic · Amiwo
- Yellow onionAromatic · Amiwo
- SaltSeasoning · Amiwo
- PepperSeasoning · AmiwoIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid · Amiwo
- Vegetable oilCooking medium · Amiwo
- Mixed sweet peppersAccompaniment · Vegetable medley
- Red onionsAccompaniment · Vegetable medley
- Plum tomatoesAccompaniment · Vegetable medley
- Habanero jamAccompaniment · Serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Grilled chickenAccompaniment · Serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Corn flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source maize flour, treatment unspecified; not assumed corn starch.
- Chicken bouillon cubes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader chicken-bouillon link; product formula unresolved.
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected fresh minced garlic, not powder.
- Yellow onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed, method allocation unstated.
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Type and method allocation unspecified.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit stock/paste water; volume contradiction unresolved.
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected source oil alternative.
- Mixed sweet peppers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader sweet-pepper link; mixed colours unspecified.
- Red onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Plum tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Habanero jam (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Narrative optional extra heat; named compound formula unknown.
- Grilled chicken (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected named serving partner; full formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Benin
- BeninCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Beninese Cuisine
- Beninese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.