Ghanaian Waakye

Ingredients

• 1 cup black-eyed beans, soaked
• 1.5 cups long-grain rice
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 stock cube
• Salt
• To serve: shito (pepper sauce), boiled egg, fried plantain

Instructions

1. Boil the soaked beans with the bicarbonate and a little salt for 25 minutes until just tender.
2. Add the rice, onion, stock cube and enough water to cover by 2cm.
3. Simmer covered for 18-20 minutes until the rice is soft and reddish from the bean liquid.
4. Rest 10 minutes off the heat.
5. Serve with shito, boiled egg and plantain.

Serving suggestions

• The full plate is rice, egg, plantain and spicy shito.

Storage & reheating

Keeps 3 days.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.

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