DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Cassava-Leaf Stew
Cassava-leaf stew with beef, tripe, smoked fish and groundnut paste.
About Cassava-Leaf Stew
Cassava-leaf stew combines finely pounded leaves with meats, smoked fish and palm oil. Claudy learned the preparation from a Sierra Leonean friend; this profile follows her published meat-and-groundnut version.
Groundnut paste gives the stew its nutty richness, alongside smoked fish and crayfish for savoury depth. Onion and seasoning powder flavour the mixture, with habanero peppers remaining an optional source of heat.
The finely processed leaves form a thick mixture around beef, tripe and fish. Claudy presents the stew over boiled rice, with the grain separate from the substantial leafy sauce.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Peanuts, Crustaceans.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cassava-Leaf Stew
Claudy’s Sierra Leonean-taught cassava-leaf stew with groundnut paste.
- Fresh pounded cassava leavesBase
- BeefProtein
- TripeProteinIngredient page not linked
- Smoked fishProtein
- Groundnut pasteBase
- Habanero peppersSeasoning · Optional
- OnionAromatic
- CrayfishSeasoning
- Palm oilCooking medium
- Seasoning powderSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Boiled white riceAccompaniment · Serving
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Fresh pounded cassava leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Fresh hand-pounded option selected instead of frozen convenience leaves.
- Beef: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Cut unspecified; listed alongside tripe, not an alternative.
- Tripe: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Tripe animal identity not stated; not presumed beef tripe from adjacent beef.
- Smoked fish: Fish. Species and curing formula unknown.
- Groundnut paste: Peanuts. Explicit paste option selected instead of commercial peanut butter; complete formula unprovided.
- Habanero peppers (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Divided allocation consolidated.
- Crayfish: Crustaceans. Species/processing unreported; Crustaceans by named identity.
- Palm oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Seasoning powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Generic compound; full formula unresolved, no guessed bouillon ingredients.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit card and cooking/top-up water.
- Boiled white rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. White rice explicit in narrative; full cooking formula unreported.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Sierra Leone
- Equatorial GuineaCatalogue link pending review
- Sierra LeoneCatalogue link pending review
- LiberiaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Sierra Leonean Cuisine
- Liberian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Sierra Leonean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Equatorial Guinean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.