Peanut Butter Gravy – Sierra Leone Flavours
This is THE gravy recipe. Pure perfect Sierra Leone gravy. Rich oniony peanut butter gravy.
The gravy that you serve alongside fried plantains and akara for breakfast. The sometimes spicy and smooth peanut butter gravy that you drizzle over some roast chicken. The gravy that you slather on top of crispy fried chicken and crispy okra in one of the best sandwiches you will ever have. The gravy that makes all street food taste even better than you can imagine.
Yes THAT gravy. Perfect eaten both hot or cold.
I actually meant to blog about this gravy recipe over a year ago. I made it, photographed it and then somehow life got in the way. And now thanks to my recent craving for plantain sandwiches I can share a photograph or two along with the recipe.
So here is how to make the perfect rich oniony smooth peanut butter gravy Sierra Leone style. Hope you like it.
Sierra Leone flavours – is the spot on my blog where I share both traditional Sierra Leonean recipes and West African fusion recipes.
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Peanut Butter Gravy - Sierra Leone Flavours
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 onions very finely sliced
- 1 red (bell) pepper deseeded and finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tbsp smooth peanut butter
- 1.5 tsp of tomato puree
- 1 bay leaf
- Scotch bonnet chilli to taste
- 1 small maggi cube crumbled (optional)
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Put all the ingredients together in a pot and bring to the boil.
- Cover and reduce to a simmer for 75 mins stirring occasionally until the gravy is really thick and the onions fall apart in your mouth. Open the gravy for the last 10 mins of cooking to help thicken it.
Notes
This sounds amazing! Would love to try this out… I don’t think I’ve had plantain although it’s easy to buy in East London but I’d not known until now what I might put with it.
This looks and sounds so delicious! Great photo and recipe! Pinned and shared!
oh wow the ultimate in gravy!!!!!!!!
This sounds utterly divine. I love using peanut butter in cooking and my favourite dish at the moment is Domodah which I first tried in The Gambia a few years ago. Will have to try this.
Oh, this sounds so good! It makes me wish I wasn’t allergic to peanut butter 🙁
This sounds like a holiday in a plate – my mouth is watering!!
Wow! I had never heard of peanut butter gravy but I have to say that it sounds really good 🙂
This sounds like something my family would love and in particular the men as they love peanut butter and chilli flavours. Just one query, what is a Maggi cube? I have coconut milk powder made by Maggi, is it a stock cube?
Oh Bintu!! I have been craving gravy so much this pregnancy that this makes me happy. Whipping up this tomorrow with some boiled plantains for lunch.
Ooooooooooh. Boiled plantains too.
Delicious! This would be perfect with so many things. 🙂
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My husband would love this as he is a big peanut butter fan. I like the idea of the sandwiches with the fried chicken and gravy, that would certainly fill you up!
Janice _ I hope you get to try this delightful combination.
I love any sort of peanut sauce and when I saw the scotch bonnet chilli, I know this has got to be a good one. Bookmarked.
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I never would have thought to pair these 2 things together, but sounds super interesting for summer!
It really works well both hot and cold so good for the summer.
I read this first thing this morning and all I could think about was making it! Perfect for the Glams, perfect for me too. Love the spices. Bookmarked. GG
I would love to see your attempt when you make it GG.
I have got to try this, sounds just my kind of gravy. Yum!
“spicy and smooth peanut butter gravy that you drizzle over some roast chicken.” well you totally just sold that to me 😀 this sounds fantastic! I love learning about new foods I’ve never tried before. It sounds like I’ve ben missing out. Thanks for sharing.
If i had a fresh chilli in the house I’d be making that right now for lunch! It looks amazing!
This is a very interesting gravy with some great flavours, but you serve it for breakfast??Interesting.
Yes – we dip our hot fried plantains straight in.
Intriguing! I have to try this! I love peanut butter – but in a gravy?! Bookmarked for our next roast chicken (since we have no plantains in Shetland!)
I hope you like this gravy Elizabeth, it is really really, really god.
You had me at peanut butter. This sounds like Sierra Leone’s twist on a satay sauce, yum!
The peanut butter gravy cooks for much longer than the satay sauce so it is richer and much more caramelized. I hope you get tot try it Jemma.