Recipe: Perfect Beans and Plantain Porridge

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Beans and Plantain Porridge. Nigerian Beans and plantain porridge is a meal made up of ripe plantains and beans. This is tasty dish and has become popular over the years , as most parents have discovered it as a way of getting their kids to eat beans. The addition of the ripe plantains, gives the meal , that sweet taste that kids love so much.

The sweet taste of ripe plantains can make beans more appetising for your children, so that they will no longer refuse to eat what is good for them.

If you want your child to eat their beans without a fuss, then let us teach you how to make plantain porridge with beans.

It is a very simple recipe, so do not worry.

You can cook Beans and Plantain Porridge using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Beans and Plantain Porridge

1. It’s 2 Cups of Kwaqil (Beans).

2. It’s 2 of fingers plantain(diced).

3. It’s of Vegetable(aleho/efo).

4. Prepare of Pepper and Onions.

5. It’s of Crayfish.

6. You need of Spices.

7. Prepare of Boiled Goat meat.

8. It’s of Palm oil.

While they complained and groaned over their plate of beans, I happily ate mine.

We had three different methods of cooking beans then, the plain beans porridge, the beans and yam and the beans and plantain porridge.

Beans and plantain was and still is my favourite.

A couple of months ago, a friend taught me a new method.

Beans and Plantain Porridge instructions

1. Note, itll take hours to cook this beans on a regular heat. But with Pressure pot, 30mins softens it..

2. Pick and wash beans then put in pressure pot and cook for 15mins..

3. Put off heat and allow pot to cool before opening. Strain out beans water, replace with clean water and return to cook for 15mins more..

4. While beans is on fire, chop vegetable, pound or blend pepper and onions. Set aside..

5. In your pot on fire, put in Palm oil and allow to heat up a bit..

6. Pour your cooked beans(with a little water) and boiled goat meat into hot oil, stir fry for 5mins. Add your diced plantain, pepper, Onions, crayfish and spices. Mix well and allow to cook for 3mins..

7. Add in your Aleho and Scent leave to cook for 2mins, then put off heat..

8. Serve hot and enjoy..

Beans and plantain porridge recipe is a hearty and nutritious staple in many parts of Africa, this beans and plantain porridge also remains the number one special food in Nigeria, the beans when cooked singly as porridge beans can be served withpap, custard or oatmeal.

Beans and plantain recipe is indeed a very especial and unique combo which can be served as a main dish for both vegan and non.

Wash the beans in cold water and set aside.

This One-Pot Beans and Plantains recipe (bean and plantain pottage) is finger-licking West African street food at its best.

Black-eyed beans, palm oil and plantains make up this incredibly tasty, easy-to-make, one-pot meal.