Chicken Plantain Sandwich – Sierra Leone Flavours
This Chicken Plantain Sandwich with a peanut butter gravy is finger licking West African street food at its best.
Hands up all sandwich lovers out there. This Chicken Plantain Sandwich, Sierra Leone style, is all about bringing that extra bit of excitement to your taste buds. It is meaty from the chicken, sweetish from the warm plantains and the right sort of gooey from the peanut butter gravy.
Why You’ll Love This Chicken Plantain Sandwich Recipe
This sandwich is finger licking Sierra Leonean street food at its best. The kind of thing that you happily chow down on after a long morning with some cool ginger beer or even an ice cold Star beer. The kind of sandwich that if you don’t finish, you carefully wrap up the leftovers in the newspaper that it came in and save for your evening appetiser.
And… plantains. Do I really need to say more??? Plantains make everything taste better, like Plantain Waffles, Cheesy Baked Plantains with Chilli and Slow Cooker Duck and Plantain Curry.
How to Make Peanut Butter Gravy for Your Chicken Plantain Sandwich Recipe
Yeap this gravy is the BEST. Learn how to make peanut butter gravy here so you can serve it on your Chicken Plantain Sandwich.
I hear you ask – yes THAT gravy is which completes this sandwich. I recommend making a large portion of gravy, storing it in the fridge and adding liberal quantities to your sandwiches over the next week.
Chicken Plantain Sandwich – Enjoy
Here is hoping you get to try my Chicken Plantain Sandwich with a peanut butter gravy Sierra Leone style.
Sierra Leone flavours – is the spot on my blog where I share both traditional Sierra Leonean recipes and fusion West African recipes.
(PS – If you want to try a completely different chicken recipe, how about my Parmesan Crusted Chicken?)
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Chicken Plantain Sandwich - Sierra Leone Flavours
Ingredients
- 1 plantain
- Salt
- Oil for frying
- 2 sandwich rolls
- 4 slices of cooked chicken breast
Instructions
- Peel the plantain, cut into slices and salt them.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry plantain slices for about 2-3 mins on each side until golden brown and cooked through. You might need to do this in two batches. Set cooked plantain pieces aside on kitchen towel and store in a warm place.
- Create the sandwiches by layering the rolls starting first with some plantain, then the chicken, then the peanut butter gravy.
Wow now I really want to try the peanut butter gravy! Sounds AMAZING!
chicken is my favourite ,and in a sandwich with peanut butter gravy so yummy.
This looks absolutely delicious! I’m a rubbish cook but I’m really trying to learn and improve, and I’d love to get good enough to make this
That peanut butter gravy sounds amazing! Can’t wait to try this sandwich!
Yummm…This looks fabulous and will try to make this recipe!!
This looks amazing! Your photos are beautiful, I wish I did as good a job with mine. I don’t eat meat anymore but that doesn’t stop me from dreaming, lol.
Plantains are one of my favorite things to eat. I’ve never thought to have them in a sandwich before though.
This sandwich looks AMAZING! I’m not totally sold on the peanut butter gravy, probably because I’m not the biggest peanut butter fan.
I would love to try this sandwich. I have never heard of peanut butter gravy but I bet I would enjoy it.
This looks absolutely mouthwateringly delicious!!!!
Wow, that looks superb! Haven’t had plantain since a trip to the West Indies but I loved it so must try this. And peanu butter gravy!!! Lovely, Bintu.
That looks so good! I really need to start cooking with plantains
Hey Simon, do come back and tell me how you find them.
Peanut butter gravy??? How cool is that! I had to go look at that recipe too. Now I’m ready to change up the sandwich menu around here. On my way to get some plantains!
Haha – looks like my plan to tempt you worked.
You had me at peanut butter gravy. Definitely my kind of sandwich!
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Now that’s what I call a sandwich!!!Next time I make one – I am definitely adding plantains to it . Thanks for the delicious idea! Pinning!!!
Oooh, much appreciated. Thank you.
That sandwich looks amazing!
Foodie blush.
OMG! This looks fabulous! I’m pinning this one 🙂
Haha Tamara, thank you.
This sandwich reminds me of fry-fry, it looks absolutely delicious! And that peanut butter gravy just sounds heavenly!
I need to get me some fry-fry up here right?
You had me at peanut butter gravy!!! I’m sure on the plantain though, I’d have to try! When shall I come? 😉
You are welcome at anytime Kavey.
That peanut butter gravy sounds unbelievable – and I adore the idea of gravy in a sandwich! Sounds amazing!!
Becca, the peanut butter gravy must be tried at least once.