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🇸🇱 Traditional dishes from Sierra Leone

3 dishes people actually cook in Sierra Leone: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Cassava leaves

60 min · medium · 7 ingredients

Cassava leaves, a traditional dish from Sierra Leone

A delicious and nutritious Sierra Leonean delight!

  • 400 g cassava leaves
  • 100 g groundnut paste
  • 50 ml palm oil
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 500 ml water

Groundnut soup

45 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Groundnut soup, a traditional dish from Sierra Leone

A rich and hearty peanut soup bursting with flavor.

  • 200 g groundnuts
  • 400 g chicken
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 ginger
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1000 ml water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 100 g spinach

Jollof rice

60 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Jollof rice, a traditional dish from Sierra Leone

A flavorful one-pot dish bursting with spices!

  • 400 g long-grain rice
  • 400 g tomatoes
  • 2 onions
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 4 garlic
  • 100 ml vegetable oil
  • 800 ml chicken stock
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

What do people eat in Sierra Leone?

The three dishes from Sierra Leone documented in Copper are Cassava leaves, Groundnut soup and Jollof rice. Garlic and onion each appear in more than one recipe. All three are simmered. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 19 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Sierra Leone?

The three recipes need 19 ingredients between them, of which 2 are shared by more than one dish. Copper's atlas covers 588 dishes from 196 countries, and these three are the Sierra Leone entries. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Sierra Leone take?

Groundnut soup is the quickest at 45 minutes. Cassava leaves is the longest at 60 minutes. The median is 60 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Sierra Leone is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Sierra Leone here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Groundnut soup is the shortest way in.

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