Waakye — Ghanaian Rice and Beans
Tender rice and black-eyed peas cooked together with dried sorghum leaves for a deep reddish-brown colour, served with stew, egg and wele — Ghana's most iconic street food.
4 recipes using rice — Groundnut soup, kelewele, jollof — vibrant and richly spiced West African cooking.
Ghanaian cuisine is famous for its bold, distinctive flavours. These ghanaian rice recipes range from quick weeknight dishes ready in under 30 minutes to impressive weekend feasts. Each recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions, and full calorie counts per serving.
Tender rice and black-eyed peas cooked together with dried sorghum leaves for a deep reddish-brown colour, served with stew, egg and wele — Ghana's most iconic street food.
Ghana's vibrant, smoky one-pot rice — cooked in a tomato-pepper base infused with spices until each grain is deeply flavored, served with fried chicken and fried plantain.
A Ghanaian rice and beans dish with a dramatic reddish color from dried sorghum leaves — an Accra breakfast staple served with an elaborate array of accompaniments.
Soft, sticky Ghanaian rice balls served with palm nut soup or groundnut soup — a Northern Ghanaian staple.