Efo Riro Recipe | Saveur

Efo Riro Recipe | Saveur

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Efo riro — a savory Nigerian stew — draws its flavors from iru (fermented locust beans), dried seafood, chicken, and saucy simmered greens.

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Ingredients

  • One 3¼-lb. whole chicken, cut in 10 pieces
  • 2 medium yellow onions, coarsely chopped
  • 3–4 Scotch bonnet chiles
  • 1 smoked and dried fish, such as catfish
  • One 1½-in. piece fresh ginger, coarsely chopped
  • 3 medium garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
  • 3 chicken bouillon cubes
  • 2½ tsp. kosher salt
  • ¾ tsp. curry powder
  • ¾ tsp. freshly ground white pepper
  • ¾ tsp. dried thyme
  • 8 large red bell peppers, stemmed, seeded and coarsely chopped
  • 5 medium plum tomatoes, coarsely chopped
  • 5 Scotch bonnet chiles, stemmed, seeded, and coarsely chopped
  • 2¼ lb. shoko leaf (or substitute fresh spinach), cleaned
  • Kosher salt
  • 3½ oz. ponmo (dried cow skin)
  • 3½ oz. stockfish
  • ¼ cup plus 2 Tbsp. ground crayfish
  • 3 Tbsp. iru (fermented locust beans)
  • 2 Tbsp. palm oil
  • 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
  • 2 chicken bouillon cubes
  • 1 oz. smoked and dried fish, such as catfish
  • Cooked pounded yam, white rice, or whole grains, to serve

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