Nigerian Stir fry Beans

Ingredients

• 2 cups beans
• 1/3 cup 1 1/2 cooking sppon palm oil
• 1 medium onions (chopped)
• 1-2 scotch bonnet (chopped)
• pinch salt
• 2 seasoning cubes
• 2 heaped spoons ugba (ukpaka)
• utazi leaves (finely shredded (Bitters))

Instructions

1. 1

   Pick the beans through to remove debris.

2. 2

   Wash and put in a pot.

3. 3

   Add some chopped onions and enough water to cover it well.

4. 4

   Boil over medium-high heat until tender, adding more water as needed. (Use a pressure pot if you have one.) The water should have dried by now.

5. 5

   In a frying pan over medium heat, add palm oil, when warmed through, add onions and scotch bonnet, fry until softened.

6. 6

   Add salt, seasoning cubes and ugba, stir.

7. 7

   Mix in the beans and some utazi leaf.

8. 8

   Stir well, take off the heat and serve.

9. 9

   --- To Serve ---

10. 10

    Serve Nigerian Stir fry beans on its own or as a side for roasted, fried or boiled yam, plantain, sweet potato etc.