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No, there is no such thing as green beer in this rice recipe, but the cooked rice’s color is green and beer is used to flavor it. This recipe is a vegetarian adaptation of the famed arroz con pollo from Latin America and the Caribbean. The cooking techniques …
I had three very ripe plantains in my fridge and they were on the verge of becoming unusable. Considering how versatile plantains are and everything you can do with them at every stage of ripeness, it would have been a real crime to let them go to waste. The issue was, I neither wanted to research a new recipe nor did I want to make my go-to recipe when I have overripe plantains, which is klaklo. because I wasn’t in the mood to fry anything. What was a plantain aficionado to do? …
The sweet scent of “poulet braise” will always remind me of Sunday lunches or days spent at the beach in Bassam. In Côte d’Ivoire. The chicken is never plain and always coated in a mixture of spices that vary from regions to regions. This version is from the center of the country and is different from the one I grew up eating, especially with the addition of the colorful …
Name: Egusi soup
Eaten in: Nigeria
Category: Traditional
The first time I had Egusi soup, I was definitely taken aback. How come I had to come to the US to try something so yummy when it was always so close to home, wow! …
