Ofada stew

  • Low in lactose

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch

Less suited for dinner.

A hot Yoruba stew of reduced red pepper and scotch bonnet in bleached palm oil with iru and stewed beef; 4 portions, ofada rice served separately.

4 servingsFinal yield 1,367 g

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Ingredients

  • 500 gPeppers, sweet, red, raw
  • 30 gPeppers, hot chili, red, raw
  • 200 gOnions, raw
  • 100 gOil, palm
  • 600 gBeef, chuck, arm pot roast, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw
  • 25 gNatto
  • 8 gSoup, chicken broth or bouillon, dry
  • 4 gSalt, table
  • 600 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking

Method

  1. Cut the beef into 3 cm cubes and mix with 2 g salt, 50 g chopped onion and half of the crumbled bouillon.
  2. Cover with 600 g water and cook covered for 60 minutes at 95 °C until tender; leave the meat in the broth.
  3. Coarsely blend the peppers, scotch bonnet and 100 g onion and boil uncovered for 20 minutes until most of the water evaporates.
  4. Heat the palm oil in a dry covered pot at about 200 °C for 10 minutes until it turns pale; ventilate well and do not let the oil burn. Let it cool for 5 minutes.
  5. Slice the remaining 50 g onion and fry in the oil for 3 minutes, add the iru for 1 minute, then the pepper mixture and fry for 15 minutes, stirring.
  6. Add the meat with all its broth, the remaining bouillon and salt and cook uncovered for 15 minutes until the sauce thickens and the oil rises. Divide into 4 portions.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
2,674.1 kcal
Protein
128.7 g
Fat
217.1 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
56.1 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
15.7 g
Saturated fatty acids
95.3 g
Sodium
3,894.8 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
9.7 g

Per serving

Energy from macronutrients
Protein: 32.2 g, 19%Fat: 54.3 g, 73%Total carbohydrate (by difference): 14 g, 8%668.5 kcalper serving
  • Protein32.2 g19%
  • Fat54.3 g73%
  • Total carbohydrate (by difference)14 g8%

Share of energy from protein, fat and carbohydrate (4 / 9 / 4 kcal per g), not share by weight.

Energy
668.5 kcal
Protein
32.2 g
Fat
54.3 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
14 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
3.9 g
Saturated fatty acids
23.8 g
Sodium
973.7 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
2.4 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
195.6 kcal
Protein
9.4 g
Fat
15.9 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
4.1 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
1.1 g
Saturated fatty acids
7 g
Sodium
284.9 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.71 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • Some ingredient quantities use documented estimates or household-measure assumptions.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Some ingredients use a generic food profile; exact product composition may differ.
  • Some specific ingredients are represented by the closest generic food with the same culinary function.
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Celery

May contain: Gluten, Egg, Soy, Milk, Mustard

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal