Sunday, July 31, 2011

Beninese Recipe: Tomato Jus

This is not actually juice. It’s used as a sauce with my favorite type of pate (pate rouge), but I think it’d also work as a warm tomato/onion salad or a relish for something chicken-y. Delicious, and about as easy as it gets.


6 small red onions
4-6 plum tomatoes
peanut or olive oil
salt and pepper
chicken boullion cube
small spicy peppers (optional, maybe poblano?)


1. Cut the onions and tomatoes into thin-ish slices, grind peppers. Keep everything separate.

2. Put a little bit of the oil in the bottom of the pan, heat it up and add the onions. Sautee until they’re just a little bit translucent, 3-5 minutes. Sprinkle in chicken bouillon, then add salt and pepper to taste.

3. Add tomatoes, cover and cook for 1-2 minutes, until they’re just a little soft. Don’t let them fall apart, or it’ll get all mushy and stuff. Remove from heat. Serve immediately, putting some of the spicy ground pepper to the side of each serving (each person mixes it in as they like).

1 comment:

Caroline said...

this sounds DELICIOUS. putting it on my list of 'easy things to make that sound awesome'