One-Pot Beans and Plantains (Bean and Plantain Pottage) – West African Flavours
This One-Pot Beans and Plantains recipe with black-eyed beans and palm oil (bean and plantain pottage) is finger-licking West African street food at its best. Recipe suitable for Gluten-Free diets.
Hey Folks. Time to intro you to something a little bit more different. More different from the usual Sierra Leone Flavours I hear you ask? Yes – as in introducing you cooking with palm oil. It is a pantry staple for all Sierra Leoneans including myself and it adds a really unique rich flavour to your food.
Why You’ll Love One-Pot Beans and Plantains
This One-Pot Beans and Plantains recipe (bean pottage I hear my Nigerian friends call it) is finger-licking street food at its best – think filling protein from the black-eyed beans, flavour from the palm oil and fish and a little hint of sweetness via the plantains. And if you stuff this mixture into warm bread and it will pretty much fill you up for the entire day.
I sooooo remember sitting in my little corner biting into my black-eyed bean and plantain sandwiches, and seeing a few beans escape onto the table.
After I finished my sandwich, I would then pick up every single bean and slowly savour them aka eat my sandwich twice. And would you know it, my eldest is exactly like me.
How to Make One-Pot Beans and Plantains
Time to stop talking and leave you with the recipe for this One-Pot Beans and Plantains recipe and urge you to try something a little bit different.
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One-Pot Beans and Plantains - West African Flavours
Ingredients
- 400g beans soaked overnight and rinsed
- 1.125 l water
- 200 ml palm oil
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 3 tbsp dried fish flakes
- Chopped Scotch bonnet chilli to taste
- 1 jumbo maggi cube
- 1 plantain peeled and cut into thin discs
- A large handful of very finely chopped spinach
- Salt
Instructions
- Put beans and water in a pot and bring to the boil. Skim off the layer of foam, reduce heat and simmer for 15 mins.
- Mix in the palm oil, onion, fish flakes and scotch bonnet chilli and let simmer for about 1.5 hr or until the beans are done to your taste.
- About 15 mins before the beans are ready stir in the maggi cube and plantain, cover the pot and cook till the plantain is done.
- Stir in the chopped spinach, adjust seasoning and serve with some rice.
Notes
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Incredible colour! I don’t think I’ve tasted plantain but this has got me excited to attempt it. I love anything with pulses in it so this is right up my street, especially with the chilli.
Ultra tempting – Love anything with beans in!
Hahahahahahaha. I feel you.
This looks absolutely perfect for a cold wintry evening, cannot wait to try it. will keep you posted to what my family thinks of it.
Such an intriguing recipe! Dried fish flakes? I’ve never heard of that ingredient. I do love your recipes – they all sound so warming and comforting!
I guess it is like fish stock Elizabeth.
Such a unique dish! I know almost nothing for Sierra Leone’s kitchen and judging from this one I think I am going to love the flavors!
Step into my kitchen and feast on Sierra Leonean dishes Katerina.
We love plantains in the Philippines and love that there’s some dried fish flakes here, too – that makes this dish really yum!
I have to check out plantain dishes from the Philippines.
We have a similar Indian recipe. Love how great your flavors match with black eye peas.
Ooh, I would live to try the Indian version HT.
This sounds wonderful, so comforting and hearty!
This sounds amazing Mabintu and perfect comfort food for these wet and windy winter’s evenings…. I need to try it!
I hope you like it Katie
Perfect winter food and a bit different from the norm too
Nice original recipe! 🙂
Thanks Del.
We’ve got some plantains and I’ve been looking for different ways to use them. This is it!
Yaye, pleased to inspire you Jemma.
Sounds tasty I’d love to try it
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A big hearty bowl of those beans would be a great energizer for the day. I wish I could sit down with a bowl right now!
A virtual bowl coming your way Diane.
I love plantains!!!! this looks so good!!
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That looks like a bowl full of goodness!
Thank you.
What a delicious dish and I love the plantains, they must add lovely sweetness.
This looks great and something my husband and I would like. Where would you purchase the fish flakes, the Asian market? I wonder if a sardine or anchovy would work as a substitution.
African markets, but maybe if push comes to shove you could use crayfish powder or a bit of fish stock.
Delicious and very sustaining. I want a bowl right now.
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sounds fantastic, so perfect for autumn and winter, very hearty
Yeap, the perfect dish for now.