Bora & Sweet Potatoes

Bora (Chinese Long Bean) and Sweet Potatoes are the simple vegetable side dish that you need to make today! It is made in the Instant Pot, which makes dinner prep a breeze.

Course Instant Pot, Paleo, Whole30

Cuisine Caribbean

Keyword bora, bora and sweet potatoes, chinese long bean, chinese long beans, what is bora

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings serving

Calories 209kcal

Author Althea Brown

Equipment

Instant Pot

Ingredients

2 bundles or about 4 cups of Bora / Bodi / Chinese Long Bean prepped and cut into 1 inch pieces
2 small sweet potatoes peeled and cut into large chunks
3 tablespoons of coconut oil or other oil suitable for cooking
1 small yellow onion diced
4 cloves of garlic chopped
2 to matoes chopped I used two large vine ripened tomatoes
1/4 cup of coconut aminos can substitute with 1 tablespoon of cassareep or 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon of spicy brown mustard
1 teaspoon of salt or salt to taste
A pinch of cayenne pepper or more for heat optional

Instructions

Turn Instant Pot on using the Sauté button, when the display indicates that the Instant Pot is hot add the coconut oil and bring up to temperature
Then add the onions, tomatoes and garlic and sauté for a few minutes until the tomatoes are soft
Next add the salt, pinch of pepper, mustard and coconut aminos, followed by the bora and sweet potatoes
Mix together well then press cancel to take the Instant Pot out of sauté mode
Then seal up the instant pot and pressure cook on high for 20 minutes
After 20 minutes release the steam, then mix together well, being careful not to smush the sweet potatoes
Allow to rest for a few minutes so that the juices can come together before serving
Alternatively you may do a natural release which takes about 15 minutes and your bora and sweet potatoes will be perfect when ready to serve.

Notes

If you don't want your potatoes to be too soft, at Step 3 above only don't add the sweet potatoes. Pressure cook for 20 mintues, then after pressure cooking, release the steam and add the sweet potatoes. Seal and pressure cook on high for an additional 5 minutes.

Please note that my tomatoes were really juicy and I didn't need to add any additional water to my recipe, however if your tomatoes are not as juicy you may need to add 1/4 cup of water before pressure cooking

If after pressure cooking there is just too much liquids to your liking, put your Instant pot back on Sauté and allow the liquids to cook down to the desired consistency.

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