West African recipes
103 recipes, 37 of them vegetarian. Each one has the ingredients, method and rough cost — add it to a meal plan in Equal House and the shopping list and the cooking are shared out for you.
Labels such as vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free are worked out from the ingredients and are a guide only — check the products you buy yourself, especially for allergies. More about recipe labels.
- Abenkwan (Ghanaian Palm Nut Soup) with Mushrooms and Rice Balls · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 55 min
- Adalu (Nigerian Black-Eyed Beans and Sweetcorn) · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 30 min
- Alloco with Fried Eggs and Pepper Sauce · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 30 min
- Amiwo (Beninese Red Cornmeal with Tomato Chicken) 60 min
- Angwa Mo (Ghanaian Oil Rice) with Corned Beef and Boiled Eggs · Gluten-free 40 min
- Asaro (Yoruba Yam Pottage) · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 45 min
- Asun (Yoruba Peppered Grilled Goat) with Rice 90 min
- Ayamase (Ofada Green Pepper Stew) with Beef, Eggs and Brown Rice 90 min
- Banga Soup (Niger Delta Palm Nut Soup) with Hake and Prawns · Gluten-free 50 min
- Bassi Salté (Senegalese Couscous with Lamb and Raisin Sauce) 85 min
- Beef Suya Skewers with Sweet Potato Wedges and Onion Salad · Gluten-free 50 min
- Beignets Haricots (Cameroonian Puff-Puff with Spiced Red Beans) · Vegan · Vegetarian 90 min
- Bitas (Sierra Leonean Aubergine and Palm Oil Stew) with Rice · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 45 min
- Boli and Fish (Roasted Plantain with Grilled Mackerel and Peanuts) · Gluten-free 45 min
- Caldou (Senegalese Sea Bass in Lime and Onion Broth) with Rice · Gluten-free 40 min
- Cameroonian Pork Pepper Soup with Green Plantain 85 min
- Cameroonian Spaghetti Omelette in Baguette · Vegetarian 25 min
- Capitaine Sauce Tomate (Malian Fish in Tomato Sauce) with Rice · Gluten-free 45 min
- Chichinga (Ghanaian Spiced Lamb Kebabs) with Tomato Rice · Gluten-free 45 min
- Chicken and Sweet Potato West African Peanut Stew · Gluten-free 50 min
- Chicken Suya Traybake with Plantain and Peppers · Gluten-free 45 min
- Choukouya (Ivorian Grilled Beef) with Attiéké-Style Couscous 35 min
- Dibi (Senegalese Grilled Lamb Chops with Mustard Onions) 35 min
- Dodo Frittata (Nigerian Plantain and Pepper Frittata) · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 30 min
- Edikang Ikong (Calabar Greens Soup) with Beef, Prawns and Mashed Yam 85 min
- Efo Riro (Yoruba Spinach Stew) with Smoked Mackerel and Rice · Gluten-free 45 min
- Egusi Soup with Beef and Spinach 90 min
- Egusi Soup with Mushrooms and Spinach · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 45 min
- Ewa Agoyin (Mashed Beans with Burnt Pepper Sauce) and Bread · Vegan · Vegetarian 50 min
- Fante Fante (Ghanaian Palm Oil Fish Stew) with Sprats and Boiled Yam · Gluten-free 50 min
- Garba (Ivorian Attiéké with Fried Tuna and Chilli Onions) 25 min
- Gari Foto (Ghanaian Gari with Tomato and Egg Stew) · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 25 min
- Ghanaian Cabbage Stew with Mackerel and Rice · Gluten-free 40 min
- Ghanaian Garden Egg Stew with Eggs and Boiled Plantain · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 45 min
- Ghanaian Ginger Chicken with Kelewele (Spiced Fried Plantain) · Gluten-free 65 min
- Ghanaian Jollof Rice with Beef and Mixed Vegetables · Gluten-free 90 min
- Ghanaian Light Soup with Chicken and Boiled Yam · Gluten-free 60 min
- Ghanaian Okro Stew with Crab and Prawns · Gluten-free 40 min
- Gizdodo-Style Chicken and Plantain in Pepper Sauce 45 min
- Grilled Tilapia with Pepper Sauce and Banku-Style Cornmeal · Gluten-free 35 min
- Kati Kati (Cameroonian Grilled Chicken in Palm Oil Sauce) 60 min
- Kedjenou (Ivorian Slow-Cooked Chicken and Aubergine Stew) · Gluten-free 75 min
- King Oyster Mushroom Suya with Rice and Tomato Onion Salad · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 35 min
- Kontomire Abomu (Ghanaian Spinach and Aubergine Mash) with Ampesi · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 40 min
- Kontomire Stew with Eggs and Ampesi (Boiled Yam and Plantain) · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 50 min
- Krain Krain (Sierra Leonean Jute Leaf Stew) with Tilapia · Gluten-free 45 min
- Malian Vegetable Sauce with Fonio-Style Couscous · Vegan · Vegetarian 45 min
- Mbakhal (Senegalese Peanut Rice with Smoked Fish) · Gluten-free 50 min
- Moi Moi (Nigerian Steamed Bean Pudding) with Boiled Eggs · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 90 min
- Mushroom Okra Soup with Spinach and Eba · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 35 min
- Ndambé (Senegalese Spiced Black-Eyed Bean Sandwiches) · Vegan · Vegetarian 30 min
- Ndolé (Cameroonian Peanut and Greens Stew with Prawns and Beef) 90 min
- Nigerian Boiled Yam with Egg Sauce · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 35 min
- Nigerian Chicken Curry with Potatoes and Carrots · Gluten-free 45 min
- Nigerian Chicken Stew with White Rice and Dodo 80 min
- Nigerian Coconut Rice with Carrots, Green Beans and Pepper · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 40 min
- Nigerian Fish Pepper Soup with Cod and New Potatoes · Gluten-free 40 min
- Nigerian Fisherman Soup with Mussels, Prawns and Squid · Gluten-free 50 min
- Nigerian Fried Rice with Chicken Livers and Prawns 45 min
- Nigerian Goat Pepper Soup with Potatoes 90 min
- Nigerian Jollof Spaghetti with Beef Mince and Peppers 40 min
- Nigerian Mushroom Pepper Soup with Yam · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 40 min
- Nigerian Party Jollof Rice with Roast Chicken Drumsticks · Gluten-free 75 min
- Nigerian Peppered Pork with Fried Plantain 75 min
- Nigerian Salad with Eggs, Baked Beans and Sweetcorn · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 25 min
- Nigerian Sardine Sauce on Toasted Bloomer Bread 20 min
- Nigerian Seafood Okra Soup with Prawns, White Fish and Eba · Gluten-free 40 min
- Nigerian Turkey Wing Stew with White Rice 90 min
- Nigerian Unripe Plantain Porridge with Spinach · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 45 min
- Nkatenkwan (Ghanaian Groundnut Soup) with Goat and Rice Balls 90 min
- Obe Eja (Nigerian Fish Stew) with Boiled Yam · Gluten-free 50 min
- Ofe Akwu (Igbo Palm Nut Stew) with Chicken and Rice 60 min
- Ofe Nsala (Igbo White Soup) with Chicken and Yam 60 min
- Oto (Ghanaian Mashed Yam with Palm Oil, Eggs and Avocado) · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 35 min
- Poisson Braisé (Cameroonian Grilled Sea Bream) with Fried Plantain · Gluten-free 50 min
- Poulet DG (Cameroonian Chicken with Plantain and Vegetables) · Gluten-free 55 min
- Poulet Yassa (Senegalese Chicken with Lemon and Onions) 75 min
- Red Red (Ghanaian Black-Eyed Bean Stew) with Fried Plantain · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 40 min
- Sauce Claire (Ivorian Tilapia and Aubergine Light Soup) · Gluten-free 45 min
- Sauce Graine (Ivorian Palm Nut Stew) with Beef and Smoked Fish 90 min
- Seafood Jollof Rice with King Prawns and Squid · Gluten-free 60 min
- Senegalese Accara Bean Fritter Sandwiches with Onion Sauce · Vegan · Vegetarian 75 min
- Senegalese Mafé (Beef and Groundnut Stew) with Rice · Gluten-free 90 min
- Senegalese Niébé Salad (Black-Eyed Bean Salad with Lime) · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 20 min
- Senegalese Omelette and Chips Sandwiches with Spiced Onions · Vegetarian 35 min
- Sierra Leonean Benniseed Stew with Chicken and Rice 55 min
- Sierra Leonean Cassava Leaf Stew with Beef and Smoked Fish 85 min
- Sierra Leonean Potato Leaf Stew with Chicken 55 min
- Soupou Kandja (Senegalese Okra and Palm Oil Stew with Beef and Fish) 85 min
- Spiced Sweet Potato & Peanut West African Stew · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 45 min
- Thiebou Niébé (Senegalese Rice with Black-Eyed Beans and Vegetables) · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 70 min
- Thiebou Yapp (Senegalese Lamb and Rice with Mustard Onions) · Gluten-free 85 min
- Thieboudienne (Senegalese Fish and Rice with Vegetables) · Gluten-free 80 min
- Thiéré (Senegalese Couscous) with Chicken and Vegetable Sauce 60 min
- Tiguadège Na (Malian Lamb in Peanut Sauce) with Rice · Gluten-free 90 min
- Tofu Yassa with Caramelised Lime Onions and Rice · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 50 min
- Tuwo Shinkafa with Miyan Taushe (Pumpkin and Peanut Soup with Beef) 90 min
- Vegetable Jollof Rice with Peas and Sweetcorn · Gluten-free · Vegan · Vegetarian 60 min
- Waakye (Ghanaian Rice and Beans) with Tomato Stew and Boiled Eggs · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 45 min
- Wara (Fulani Soft Cheese) in Pepper Stew with Rice · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 45 min
- West African Groundnut and Okra Stew · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 45 min
- Yamarita (Egg-Coated Fried Yam) with Pepper Sauce · Gluten-free · Vegetarian 40 min
- Yassa Poisson (Senegalese Mackerel with Lime and Onion Sauce) · Gluten-free 50 min
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