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Loso ya sauce

Loso ya sauce recipe: white rice with a tomato meat sauce — everyday Lubumbashi plate, distinct from Kinshasa loso mayonnaise.

Category
Main
Prep
20 min
Cook
45 min
Serves
4 people
Level
easy
Photo · BamLifa — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Ingredients

  • 400 g rice
  • 500 g beef or chicken pieces
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • 3 tomatoes, crushed
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • Salt, pepper, pili-pili
  • 300 ml water for the sauce

Method

  1. 01 Cook the rice in salted water. Drain and keep warm.
  2. 02 Brown the meat in oil. Set aside.
  3. 03 Sweat onions and garlic; add tomatoes 8 minutes.
  4. 04 Return the meat, pour in the water. Simmer 25–30 minutes.
  5. 05 Season. Serve the sauce on or beside the rice.

**Loso ya sauce** in Lubumbashi: rice + tomato sauce, without the mayonnaise of Kinshasa [loso mayonnaise](/en/recettes/loso-mayonnaise/). Other Eastern rice: [Kivu pilau](/en/recettes/pilau-kivu/). When you want the paste: [bukari](/en/recettes/bukari-katanga/).

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