🇧🇷 Brazilian

Plantain Bobó

Name: Plantain Bobó
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 400 ml Coconut Milk; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika; 4 Plantain; 500 g Cassava; 2 tbsp Palm Oil; 2 tbsp Dendê Oil

🇧🇷 Brazilian

A slow-simmered brazilian pot of plantain, root vegetables and rich broth — dinner that tastes like a warm kitchen on a cold day. About 50 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato3 medium, cubed
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Coconut Milk400 ml
Stock or Broth750 ml
Smoked Paprika1 tsp
Plantain4
Cassava500 g
Palm Oil2 tbsp
Dendê Oil2 tbsp

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Palm Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the plantain well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the plantain out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the smoked paprika.
3
Return the plantain, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh cilantro right before serving.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the smoked paprika in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Brazilian chef Lorraine Chiapim makes bobó de camarão | Cooking with the Cap Times · on YouTube