Ofada Rice with Ayamase

Nutty local rice with the famous green-pepper “designer stew”, rich with iru and assorted meat.

Prep 30 min · Cook 90 min · Intermediate · $30.00 CAD

Ingredients

• 3 cup Ofada rice
• 800 g Assorted meat (beef, shaki, cow skin)
• 6 Eggs, hard-boiled and peeled
• 6 Green bell peppers
• 4 Green scotch bonnet or habanero peppers
• 2 Onions (1 blended, 1 sliced)
• 1 cup Red palm oil
• 2 tbsp Iru (fermented locust beans)
• 2 tbsp Ground crayfish
• 3 cube Stock cubes
• 1 tsp Salt

Cook it step by step

1. Season and cook the meat
2. Pick and wash the ofada rice
3. Par-boil, rinse, then cook the rice
4. Blend the green peppers roughly, then drain
5. Bleach the palm oil (or take the easy way)
6. Fry the iru and onion
7. Fry the green peppers slowly
8. Add meat, eggs and seasoning
9. Serve the Mcuire way