Nigerian Stir fry Beans
Beans, just like rice
Ingredients
- 2 cups beans
- ⅓ cup 1 1/2 cooking sppon palm oil
- 1 medium onions chopped
- 1-2 scotch bonnet chopped
- pinch salt
- 2 seasoning cubes
- 2 heaped spoons ugba ukpaka
- utazi leaves finely shredded (Bitters)
Instructions
- Pick the beans through to remove debris.
- Wash and put in a pot.
- Add some chopped onions and enough water to cover it well.
- Boil over medium-high heat until tender, adding more water as needed. (Use a pressure pot if you have one.) The water should have dried by now.
- In a frying pan over medium heat, add palm oil, when warmed through, add onions and scotch bonnet, fry until softened.
- Add salt, seasoning cubes and ugba, stir.
- Mix in the beans and some utazi leaf.
- Stir well, take off the heat and serve.
To Serve
- Serve Nigerian Stir fry beans on its own or as a side for roasted, fried or boiled yam, plantain, sweet potato etc.
Notes
- Onions and pepper should not be finely chopped.
- There shouldn't be water left when the beans is ready.
- Beans contain a poisonous plant-lectin so always boil beans well, even if you want to use a slow cooker, be sure to bring it to a boil and cook for a minimum of 10 minutes before reducing the heat.
