AMIWO (Red paste) from BENIN

“Amiwo is the real traditional Benin recipe: we can’t tour without it. Hopefully wherever we go we find great Benin Diasporas and a great cook. Amiwo after a show we feel just like we’re in Benin.

AMIWO cooking

  – 1 chicken, cut into pieces– 3 garlic cloves, chopped-1/4 l of oil– 2 onions, chopped–  tomatoes– 20 g smoked Shrimps– 6 cups of corn flour– salt, cube and pepper– green hot chilis, chopped.

1. Take the chicken, and add to it some salt, pepper and garlic, and “massage” it with theshrimp 2. Fry the pieces of chicken in oil and set it aside.3. heat oil and add 4 chopped tomatoes, two cups water and one boullion cube. Cook for 10 minutes, then add salt, pepper and garlic, shrimp and the chili peppers  4. Add a second boullion cube and cook for another 10 minutes 5. Add the flour to this mixture, mix it well and regularly, with a wood spoon so that you get a strong hard “paste.” Cover this for 10 minutes 6. Simmer the remaining four tomatoes with water, onions, garlic, salt and pepper and the last boullion cube. Serve the chicken with the paste and the tomato “sauce” on the side.

 Amiwo is sweet and powerful!