Rice and Beans
This recipe combines two of Nigeria's most popular staple foods into a sumptuous meal. We will be cooking rice and beans together as a simple meal.
- Prep time
- 40 min
- Cook time
- 50 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 cups rice
- 2 cups beans
- Fresh tomatoes (700ml)
- 3 Tablespoons canned tomatoes
- 3 seasoning cubes
- 1 cup of sliced onions
- 1 kg Chicken
- 1 teaspoon of powdered ginger
- 1 teaspoon of powdered garlic
- 500 ml Vegetable oil
- 5 scotch bonnet (peppers)
- Salt to taste.
Instructions
- 1
Precook the beans and rice separately, wash, and set aside in different bowls.
- 2
Grind the tomatoes, (700ML). Add 5 scotch bonnet pepper and blend all together.
- 3
season the chicken with 2 stock/seasoning cubes, half cup of sliced onions, salt). Let the chicken boil for 10-15 minutes.
- 4
Fry the chicken and set the stock aside.
- 5
Precook the beans alone with just water for 35-40 minutes.
- 6
Fry the tomatoes using 300ml vegetable oil.
- 7
Add half cup of sliced onions, fry for a minute then fry the tomatoes.
- 8
Stir while it fries. It should take about 15-20 minutes then remove half once it is well fried.
- 9
Add the chicken stock (meat water) and another 2 cups of water, 1 seasoning cube, salt to taste, a teaspoon each of curry powder, and ground ginger/garlic.
- 10
Stir and bring to boil.
- 11
Taste for salt then pour in the rice and beans.
- 12
Stir and add the remaining tomatoes, half cup of sliced onions.
- 13
Cover your pot and cook for 35-40 minutes.
- 14
Stir and serve.