Ghanaian Waakye
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Ghanaian
African

Ghanaian Waakye

by Seoul Table • @seoultable

Ghanaian african favorite — Ghanaian Waakye comes together with 5 ingredients in about 80 minutes.

Prep

20 min

Cook

60 min

Serves

3

Difficulty

Hard

Ingredients

  • 2 cupsrice
  • 1 cupblack eyed peas
  • 4 sheetsdried sorghum leaves
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 tspbaking soda

Instructions

  1. 1

    Brown the rice in a heavy pot over medium-high heat in batches, then set aside.

  2. 2

    Cook black eyed peas and dried sorghum leaves in the same pot until softened and fragrant.

  3. 3

    Return the rice, add the liquid, and scrape up every browned bit from the bottom.

  4. 4

    Simmer partly covered on low, 35-45 minutes, until everything is tender and the sauce has body.

  5. 5

    Taste and adjust salt and acid at the end — that's what makes Ghanaian Waakye taste finished.

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