Ghanaian

Red red (beans and plantain)

Name: Red red (beans and plantain)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ghanaian
Ingredients: 400 g Black-eyed or honey beans; 80 ml Red palm oil; 3 Ripe plantain; 1 Onion; 1 Scotch bonnet pepper; 2 tbsp Tomato purée; 1 tbsp Ground crayfish

Black-eyed beans stewed in red palm oil with tomato and pepper, served with fried ripe plantain.

Prep 15 mins · Cook 40 mins · Serves 4

Ingredients

Black-eyed or honey beans400 g
Red palm oil80 ml
Ripe plantain3
Onion1
Scotch bonnet pepper1
Tomato purée2 tbsp
Ground crayfish (optional)1 tbsp

Method

Cook the beans until soft (soak them first if dried).
Warm the palm oil and fry the onion, pepper and tomato purée for 5 minutes.
Add the beans, crayfish and a splash of water. Simmer for 10 minutes and season.
Slice the plantain and fry until golden. Serve with the beans.

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