THIS RECIPE IS THE MOST POPULAR DISH IN TOGO 🇹🇬 RICE & BEANS AND BLACK CHILI SAUCE WAAKYE & SHITO🇬🇭

black-eyed peas

🥗Healthier: kidney beans

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Kidney beans are lower in calories and easier to prepare.

waakye leaves

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: green tea leaves

Spinach provides similar color and nutrients.

meat (beef or chicken)

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Tofu is a lower-calorie protein alternative.

shito sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade chili sauce

💰Cheaper: sriracha

Homemade sauce can be tailored to taste and budget.

Cook the meat in a pot with grounded pepper, ginger, and garlic, adding a little water to let it cook.

In another pot, heat oil and fry the pepper until it turns black but not too black to avoid bitterness, then remove it from the oil.

Pound the fried pepper with fish, onion, ginger, black pepper, and calabash nutmeg.

Fry the cooked meat in the oil used for the pepper, adding extra oil if needed.

Add salt and seasoning cubes to the mixture, adjusting based on the quantity of stew.

Add black pepper and calabash nutmeg to the mixture, and optionally blend if desired.

Add ginger to the pot with the mixture.

Add fish head to the pot.

Check the meat to ensure it’s not burning, turning it as needed, and fry until dry.

Remove the meat from the oil and start the stew by adding onion to the pot, frying it briefly before adding fish.

Add tomato (optional) to the pot and stir for a while before adding the pounded pepper and rinsed water from the mortar.

Add stock meat to the stew if using, otherwise skip this step.

Stir the stew continuously to prevent burning, checking the taste as you go.

Once satisfied with the taste, add the fried meat back into the stew and let it cook until ready.

Prepare the rice and beans by soaking the beans in water to remove sand, then add them to a pot with water and bring to a boil.

Once the beans are half done, add more water and then add washed rice to the pot.

Add salt to the water and check the seasoning, stirring before covering and letting it boil.

Wait for the water to dry up, indicating that the rice is ready.

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