Ewa Agoyin

Name: Ewa Agoyin
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 2 cups honey beans; 6 dried chiles; 2 onions; 1/2 cup palm oil

Ewa Agoyin/EH-wah ah-GOY-in/

About this dish

Mashed beans served with a fiery, oil-rich pepper sauce, a beloved Lagos street food.

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Ingredients

🫘2 cups honey beans

🌶️6 dried chiles

🧅2 onions

🫒1/2 cup palm oil

Method

Serves 2

Boil the beans until very soft, then mash coarsely.

Blend dried chiles and onion into a paste.

Fry the paste in palm oil until deeply darkened and fragrant.

Season the sauce with stock cubes and salt.

Serve the mashed beans topped generously with the pepper sauce.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Ewa agoyin is a popular Nigerian street food from Lagos, defined by its distinctive smoky-hot pepper sauce.

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