How To Cook Nigeria Fried Beans

Nigerian Fried Beans is so delicious that even
those who do not like beans enjoy it! The closest
Nigerian meal is Ewa Agoyin.          All you have to do is make sure that every single
bean seed is well coated with palm oil. So add
enough Palm OYEL to the meal. Palm oil is good
for you! :)
Ingredients
350g brown or black-eyed beans
2 Onions
3 cooking spoons palm oil or more
1 big stock cube
Salt & Habanero pepper (to taste)
Water
Side Dish: Fried Plantains
Before you cook Fried Beans
1. I usually soak beans in cool water overnight. This
greatly reduces beans bloating and upset
stomach associated with eating beans.
2. The next day, chop 1 onion into thin slices, cut
the other one into 4 big chunks then pound/grind
the pepper.
3. Rinse the beans and put in a sizeable pot. I rinse
it twice.
4. Pre-cook the sliced onions with a few drops of
water to soften them a bit.
Cooking Directions
1. Set the pot of beans on the stove. Add the stock
cube (crushed) and the chunks of onion. Add
enough water to cover the beans and start
cooking. Cook the beans till very soft, adding
water when necessary. Always keep water to the
same level as the beans so that by the time the
beans is done, there will not be too much water
in the pot.
Note: If you have a pressure cooker, use it to
cook the beans till soft. I normally use my
pressure cooker for beans but for this recipe, I
prefer a normal pot so that I can have more
control, especially towards the end.
2. When the beans is done, add salt, leave to dry up
all the water and transfer the beans to another
container.
3. Now, set a dry clean pot on the stove, pour the
palm oil and heat it up till the oil melts (if
congealed). Note that you should only heat it up,
not bleach the oil. You will know it is hot enough
when a piece of onion dropped into the oil sizzles.
4. Add the precooked onions and stir for a bit.
5. Add the ground Habanero pepper and stir till
everything is heated up very well, at most 2
minutes.
6. Add the beans and stir for about 2 minutes. Add
salt if necessary.
7. Cover and leave to simmer for about 2 minutes
and it's done.
Serve with the Fried Plantains, Soaked Garri or
bread.