Beans, just like rice has so many delicious ways of preparing it. This simple and easy recipe is one more excellent and healthy way to serve beans. This is my daughter no. 2’s favourite way of preparing and cooking beans.

Beans is important to vegetarians and a healthy source of plant protein. It can cause flatulence in some people, Click to read How to remove gas from beans.

Cooking beans takes quite some time although, with a pressure pot, the time is much shorter. Usually, I cook more than I need at a particular time and store the excess for another day.

To prepare Nigerian Stir fry Beans

2 cups beans
1/3 cup (1 1/2 cooking sppon) palm oil
1 medium onions, chopped
1-2 scotch bonnet, chopped
pinch salt
2 seasoning cubes
2 heaped spoons ugba (ukpaka)
utazi leaves, finely shredded (Bitters)

Pick the beans through to remove debris.

Wash and put in a pot.

Add some chopped onions and enough water to cover it well.

Boil over medium-high heat until tender, adding more water as needed. Use a pressure pot if you have one.

The water should have dried by now.

In a frying pan over medium heat, add palm oil, when warmed through, add onions and scotch bonnet, fry until softened.

Add salt, seasoning cubes and ugba, stir.

Mix in the beans and some utazi leaf.

Stir well, take off the heat and serve.

Serve Nigerian Stir fry beans on its own or as a side for roasted- yam, plantain, sweet potato etc. It is also lovely with fried or boiled yam, plantain, sweet potato.

Notes

Onions and pepper should not be finely chopped.
There shouldn’t be water left when the beans is ready.
Beans contain a poisonous plant lectin so always boil beans well, even if you want to use a slow cooker, be sure to bring it to a boil and boil for a minimum of 10 minutes before reducing the heat.