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Binch (Sierra Leone Beans)

Sierra Leone

The bean pot: binch — black-eyed peas cooked with palm oil, onions and fish or meat into Sierra Leone's Friday staple. Ingredients: black-eyed beans, palm oil, onions, tomatoes, chiles, smoked fish or beef, ogiri, salt.

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The bean pot: binch — black-eyed peas cooked with palm oil, onions and fish or meat into Sierra Leone's Friday staple. Ingredients: black-eyed beans, palm oil, onions, tomatoes, chiles, smoked fish or beef, ogiri, salt. Recipe: 1) Boil beans until tender. 2) Fry onions and tomatoes in palm oil. 3) Fold beans into the stew. 4) Simmer until creamy. Serve: with rice or bread, sometimes with fried plantain. Flavor: earthy, red-oil rich. History: binch is the working week's backbone in Freetown's cook shops. See also: Cassava Leaf Plasas, Groundnut Stew (Sierra Leone).

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