Chicken Cassava Leaves Cooked In Coconut Oil

Hello all, it's been a minute and I must say I have missed you all my darlings.  Well as you all know blogging is not easy and it is time consuming.  Of late at the end of everyday, I feel like I need two more hours to do stuff.  Twelve started high school and his after school activities has been taking a lot of my time.  Okay enough of feeling sorry for myself here, afterall you only stopped by for the recipe right?  

Today I have prepared Sierra Leone's most popular sauce, cassava leaves, cooked in coconut oil and cream, with chicken. So delicious, trust me, it is!  Hungry yet?  Scroll down for the ingredients and see how I prepared it.

 I used:

2 cups of water

250 grms of cassava leaves

 250 grms chicken,

100 grms dried baramundi

 200 grms coconut cream

 150 grms coconut oil

1 heaped tbs peanut butter

1 tbs ogiri (fermented sesame seeds)

1 small brown onion

3 habanero chillies

6 small okra

2 stock cubes

salt to taste

 In a medium sized pot over high heat add chicken and water and cook for 10 minutes

 Add fish and cook for 5 minutes

 Then add ogiri and cook for 2 - 3 minutes

 Now add the cassava leaves and let it cook for 5 minutes

 Add coconut cream 

 and coconut oil

 Cook for an additional 6 munites

then add the peanut butter and let it cook for 5 - 6 minutes

 now add the blended chillies and onion, stir and let it cook for 3 minutes

 then add stock cubes

 and okra and salt to taste,  lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes

 It will look like this when ready

Serve with steamed rice.  Enjoy