Beans porridge recipe
This recipe will have your guests licking their plates..No mercy!! This Nigerian Beans porridge recipe is simple and loaded with nourishing ingredients that take that plain ole black-eyed peas to a whole new level. Don't believe me? Try it out and see!
Ingredients
- 4 cups Black eyed beans
- 2 Red bell peppers
- 1/2 cups palm oil
- 3 tomatoes
- 2 ripe plantains chopped
- 11/2 onion sliced
- 2 red scotch bonnets
- 3 smoked turkey wings
Spices
- 1 tbsp salt
- 2 tbsp Crayfish powder
- 3 Stock cubes
- 1/2 tbsp thyme
- 1/2 tbsp paprika
Instructions
Prepare pepper base
- Blend bell peppers, scotch bonnet and tomatoes. Set aside and boil for 20 minutes.
Prepare beans and sauce
- Parboil beans in pot for 20 mins. Drain the water, wash lightly and add in new water
- In the pot of beans add half an onion (sliced) and 1tbsp of salt and boil for 20 minutes. Then add plantains and boil for 10 more minutes . Once cooked drain excess water
- In another pot add palm oil, saute onions. Once onions are browned pour in pepper base and season with 1 stock cube and crayfish
- Chop smoked turkey and place it in the sauce to cook for a few minutes. Then, slowly transfer your sauce to the beans, stir well and cook for 5 minutes on medium heat
- Taste to check for seasoning and adjust spices accordingly. Turn off heat and allow it cool a bit
- Serve and enjoy