Waakye Rice | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Waakye Rice | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

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In the Caribbean they have rice and beans, while in Ghana we have waakye (pronounced ‘waa-che’) rice – an incredibly popular breakfast and brunch.

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Ingredients

  • 225 - 250 grams dried black-eyed beans or 400g (14oz) can organic black-eyed beans or red kidney beans
  • 400 grams medium- or long-grain brown rice
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 1 onion (finely diced)
  • 3 - 4 millet or sorghum leaves, or 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 red rocket (Anaheim) chilli, or bird's eye chilli (thinly sliced)
  • sea salt
  • 1 litre boiling water or good-quality chicken or vegetable stock
  • 2 soft-boiled eggs (shelled and halved)
  • small bunch of chives (finely sliced)
  • 1 green chilli (finely sliced)

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