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Sòs pwa, Haitian bean sauce
Beans actually take quite some time to cook. One way to speed up the process is to soak them in water overnight or for a couple of hours and cooking them in a pressure cooker. This will soften them and save you quite some time in the kitchen.
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Prep Time
3
hours
hrs
Cook Time
1
hour
hr
Servings
8
Ingredients
1½
cup
uncooked beans
4½-5
cups
water
2
garlic cloves
½
bell pepper
½
onion
1
piment bouc
1
thyme sprig
salt & pepper
to taste
ti salé or lardon
optional
1
tbsp
butter
optional
Instructions
Soak the beans in water overnight or for at least three (3) hours
When ready to cook, strain the beans
Transfer to a pressure cooker
Cover with water
Add the garlic cloves and cook for about 20 minutes. Your beans should be fork tender at this point
Once the beans are cooked, separate them in half
Purée the first half using either a mortar and pestle or a blender. Add some of the cooking water to make the process easier
Strain the obtained purée and discard the skin
Mix the purée with the second half of preserved beans and the remaining water
Season to taste
Transfer to a pot.
Add the bell pepper, onion, piment bouc, thyme and lardon (optional)
Let simmer on low until your bean sauce thickens. The longer you leave it, the thicker your sòs pwa
Finish with the butter (optional) and serve in a bowl
Laddle your sòs pwa over some rice, mayi moulen (polenta) or millet, and enjoy.