Leaf Stew

Placas is another name for leaf stew in Sierra Leone. Green vegetables such as potato leaves, kale, and spinach are used in the cuisine. The addition of meat enhances the flavor of this cuisine. Cassava leaves are used to make this stew, which is best served with rice. It is Sierra Leone's national dish.

Placados, or palaver sauces, are stews made with various green leaves that are essential to Sierra Leone's cuisine. The leaves are boiled and cooked with oil (usually red palm oil, but sometimes coconut or groundnut oil), hot chilies (aka "peppers"), onion, meat and/or fish, and ubiquitous stock cubes (such as Maggi), then served over rice. To the uninitiated, the various types of plazas may appear interchangeable.