Sos Pwa

Name: Sos Pwa
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Haitian
Ingredients: 2 cups dried red or black beans, soaked; 3 cloves garlic; 1 scotch bonnet, whole; 2 tbsp butter or oil

Sos Pwa/sohs pwah/

Also known as: Haitian Bean Sauce

About this dish

A creamy blended bean sauce, commonly poured over rice as a staple Haitian side.

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Ingredients

🫘2 cups dried red or black beans, soaked

🧄3 cloves garlic

🌶️1 scotch bonnet, whole

🧈2 tbsp butter or oil

Method

Serves 4

Simmer the soaked beans with garlic and whole scotch bonnet until very tender.

Remove the whole pepper.

Blend the beans with their cooking liquid until smooth.

Return to the pot and simmer with butter until slightly thickened.

Serve poured generously over white rice.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Sos pwa is a fundamental Haitian bean sauce, distinct from whole-bean preparations for its smooth, blended texture.

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