Ghanaian rice
Serves: 6 as a side
Prep time: 15 mins Total time: 
Photograph by Kris Kirkham
Ghanaian rice
Serves: 6 as a side
Prep time: 15 mins Total time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
352Kcal
Fat
5gr
Saturates
3gr
Carbs
61gr
Sugars
2gr
Fibre
5gr
Protein
13gr
Salt
0.3gr
Zoe Adjonyoh
Zoe Adjonyoh is the chef behind Zoe's Ghana Kitchen in Brixton, South London. Zoe first started cooking Ghanaian food for the public in 2010. A supper club followed, which turned into the Brixton restaurant.
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Zoe Adjonyoh
Zoe Adjonyoh is the chef behind Zoe's Ghana Kitchen in Brixton, South London. Zoe first started cooking Ghanaian food for the public in 2010. A supper club followed, which turned into the Brixton restaurant.
See more of Zoe Adjonyoh’s recipes
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp coconut oil or vegetable oil
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 1 red chilli or bird eye chilli, thinly sliced
- 400g red kidney beans or black-eyed beans
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 400g white long-grain rice
- sea salt
- 1 litre boiling water, or good-quality chicken or vegetable stock
To garnish (optional)
- 3 soft-boiled eggs, shelled and halved
- snipped chives
Step by step
- Heat the coconut oil in a large saucepan, add the onion and chilli and cook for 5-6 minutes until softened.
- Tip in the beans and their liquid, add the bicarbonate of soda and cook for a few minutes. The bicarb will extract a little of the colour from the beans, which then colours the rice (in Ghana, sorghum leaf does this job).
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Add the rice, a good pinch of salt and the water or stock. Bring to the boil, stir, then cover the pan, reduce the heat and leave to cook for 10-15 minutes until the rice is tender and has absorbed the liquid. Serve with the halved boiled eggs, garnished with chives.TipThis is the Ghanaian equivalent of Caribbean rice and peas. Also known as 'waakye' rice, as it traditionally accompanies waakye stew.
