Ewa Agoyin with Spicy Pepper Sauce

Ewa Agoyin beans

A beloved street-food favourite. Serves 4.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups honey beans (oloyin)
  • Dried peppers and 2 onions, blended
  • Palm oil, ground crayfish, salt

Method

  1. Boil the beans until very soft, then mash to a smooth paste.
  2. Heat palm oil until lightly smoking, fry the blended pepper and onion low and slow until dark and rich.
  3. Season the sauce with crayfish and salt.
  4. Serve the mashed beans topped with the pepper sauce, with bread or fried plantain.