DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Konkoé
A Guinean smoked-fish stew with tomato, eggplant, palm oil and alliums.
About Konkoé
Konkoé is a Guinean stew centred on smoked fish. This eggplant-and-tomato rendition combines the fish with palm oil, garlic, onion and onion leaves, giving the sauce a rich savoury base.
The smoked fish contributes a pronounced aroma, while eggplant gives the sauce a softer body. Tomatoes and peppers add another layer of flavour around the pieces of fish.
It is a saucy dish that can accompany rice. The fish pieces remain a visible part of the bowl, surrounded by the vegetable mixture.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Konkoé
Guinean classroom Konkoé soup with smoked fish and eggplant.
- Smoked fish (Konkoé)Protein
- TomatoesBase
- Tomato pasteBase
- GarlicAromatic
- Fresh peppersSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Onion leavesAromaticIngredient page not linked
- Palm oilCooking medium
- OnionAromatic
- EggplantBase
- SaltSeasoning
- Seasoning cubeSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Ground black pepperSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Additional spicesSeasoning · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Prepared riceAccompaniment · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Smoked fish (Konkoé): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual53–59 native name Konkoé/machoiron explicitly smoked fish;76–79 full cooking. Broad smoked-fish mapping, precise species not inferred. Fish definite.
- Tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual60/78, distinct from listed tomato paste61.
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual61 explicitly listed, exact method placement not specified; retained rather than silently discarded.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual62/78.
- Fresh peppers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual63/78 fresh peppers, no reliable chilli versus sweet-pepper identity specified; preserve NULL rather than narrowing from catalogue.
- Onion leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual64/78 literal onion leaves; precise botanical/product equivalence to whole spring onions or registry green-onion-tops unestablished.
- Palm oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual65/74 explicit palm oil.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual66/76; no colour specified.
- Eggplant: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual67/74–79 eggplant puree is part of this chosen formula.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual68/76/83 seasoning shared across fish and sauce.
- Seasoning cube: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual68/83 generic seasoning cube, full product/animal base/allergens unresolved.
- Ground black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual68–69 powder and83 black pepper explicitly identified; broad black-pepper candidate.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual80–82 literal sauce water; bare ingredient washing72 alone adds no extra food.
- Additional spices (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual70/84 expressly optional spices of choice, identities/formulas unprovided.
- Prepared rice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual87 end-serving rice suggestion after complete stew, absent main ingredient list; optional parent. No full applicable own rice manufacture provided in this document.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Guinea
- GuineaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Guinean
- Guinean CuisineCatalogue link pending review