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Cameroon Beef with Okra Sauce Recipe

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Cameroon African Food Recipe
Cameroon Fresh Okra
Beef with okra sauce is one of the easiest simmered Cameroonian recipes to prepare. Cameroon beef with okra sauce is eaten with fufu to sop up the delicious okra sauce. Beef with okra sauce is a delicious one-pot stew that is loved by the people of Cameroon as well as the whole of West, East and Southern Africa.

Cameroon Beef with Okra Sauce Recipe

Serves 4
African food
Stew
Nutrition facts: 310 calories, 3 grams fat

Cameroon Beef with Okra Sauce Recipe

Cameroon Beef with Okra Sauce Recipe


Ingredients
½ pound beef strips
12 pieces fresh okra
1 large diced onion
2 chopped cloves garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
2 maggi cubes
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 cups beef stock

Directions
Heat oil in large saucepan and fry the chopped onion and chopped garlic. Add the meat, salt and pepper, let brown, add stock, cover and simmer covered for 1 hour. Finely chop okra add okra, and cubes and cook for 15 minutes. Serve with fufu or rice.

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