Tag: West African recipes

A mound of pale tan mashed beans on an off-white plate, topped with a very dark, almost black agoyin sauce of fried onions and red pepper flakes, its dark oil pooling on the plate, with a spoon on the rim and slices of soft white agege bread on a wooden board

Ewa Agoyin: Lagos Mashed Beans with Near-Black Pepper Sauce

October 22, 2026

A wide white speckled ceramic bowl of efo riro, chopped dark green spinach in a coarse orange-red palm oil and pepper sauce with cubes of beef, flaky chunks of smoked fish and pale grey pieces of stockfish, beside a smooth ball of pounded yam on a small plate and a steel pot on a wooden table

Efo Riro: Yoruba Spinach Stew with Peppers and Palm Oil

October 20, 2026

A cream stoneware bowl heaped with small golden-brown rectangles of chin chin on an oak table, with loose pieces in front, one broken open to show its dry, pale inside, and a dish of whole nutmegs and a linen napkin behind

Chin Chin Recipe: Crunchy Nigerian Fried Dough

October 15, 2026

A white plate of long-grain rice topped with dark green cassava leaf stew, chunks of beef and flakes of smoked fish, with orange-red palm oil pooling around it, in front of a black cast-iron pot of the stew and a small bowl of habanero peppers on a wooden table

Cassava Leaf Stew Recipe: Liberian Red Oil Cassava Leaf

October 10, 2026

A deep white bowl of thick orange-red bambara groundnut stew with whole cream and speckled beans, topped with fresh spinach leaves and a spoon, beside steamed white rice, a linen napkin and a wooden bowl of dried bambara groundnuts on a wooden table

Bambara Groundnut Stew: West African Recipe

September 29, 2026

Charred bone-in goat meat asun glazed in a coarse red pepper sauce, piled on a white platter under raw onion rings and red pepper rings, with a bowl of fresh peppers behind

Asun Recipe: Spicy Smoked Goat Meat (Nigerian)

September 26, 2026

A mound of fluffy attieke on a white plate beside a whole fried, scored tilapia and a diced tomato and red onion salad

Attieke Recipe: Ivory Coast Fermented Cassava

September 26, 2026

Golden fried alloco plantain slices piled on a white plate beside a bowl of spicy tomato and onion sauce and half a lime

Alloco Recipe: Ivory Coast Fried Plantains

September 25, 2026

A smooth mound of amala on a white plate beside a bowl of golden gbegiri and green ewedu swirled together, topped with beef and honeycomb tripe

Amala with Gbegiri Recipe: Nigerian Yam Flour Swallow

September 25, 2026

Golden, crispy akara Nigerian bean cakes on a plate, one broken open to show the fluffy inside

Akara Recipe: Crispy Nigerian Bean Cakes

September 24, 2026

Poulet Yassa

Poulet Yassa: Senegal's Tangy Lemon Onion Chicken

July 30, 2026

mafe

Mafe Recipe: Senegalese Peanut Butter Stew

July 26, 2026

Thieboudienne

Thieboudienne Recipe: Senegalese Fish and Rice

July 25, 2026

Egusi Soup

Egusi Soup Recipe: Rich Nigerian Melon Seed Stew

July 18, 2026