Zambian Samp and Beans

Name: Zambian Samp and Beans
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Zambian
Ingredients: 2 cups dried samp (crushed corn); 1 cup beans; 1 onion, chopped; Salt, to taste

Samp and Beans/samp and beenz/

About this dish

Dried corn kernels simmered with beans until tender, a filling Zambian staple.

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Ingredients

🌽2 cups dried samp (crushed corn)

🫘1 cup beans

🧅1 onion, chopped

🧂Salt, to taste

Method

Serves 2

Soak the samp and beans overnight.

Simmer together in fresh water for a couple of hours until both are tender.

Sauté onion and stir into the cooked samp and beans.

Season with salt.

Serve hot as a filling main dish.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Samp and beans is a traditional Southern African dish, widely eaten in Zambia as a hearty, affordable meal.

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