15 Reviews of West African Beans

From: Amy - Ellie's Mommie

On Jun 12, 2004

This dish was beyond excellent! My mother, myself and my two-year old all loved it! We had it as a side dish tonight, and I plan on eating it for lunch for the rest of the week. Some recipe notes: There are easily 8 side dish servings in this recipe, 6 main dish servings. I used a 10 inch cast iron skillet, as my onions weren't browning well in the saucepan. I think using cast iron helped them brown more. It took about 10 minutes for the tomato paste to color properly. I used only 1 cup of water and never needed the other cup. I will be making this again and again...I'm thinking of possibly doing an oven and a crockpot version some day. I'll keep 'Zaar updated!

From: Amy Blum

On May 30, 2003

This is a GREAT recipe. I love the dish. I use dried black-eyed peas, boiled with garlic, and it turns out really tasty. A word of advice--letting the paste separate and darken takes longer than you think, the first time you do it.

From: Faith77

On Oct 27, 2004

Very good. I have made this over and over again. I have used as a meal and as a side dish. Thank you.

From: ChefTifara

On Oct 23, 2006

I made this for a large dinner party which included people from China, Americans, and a man from Benin, West Africa. The internationals raved about this. The only change-- I used black-eyed peas, which I read about in other research on West African cooking. My guests gave it 5*, but to my American taste buds-- 4 stars.

From: Linda Stuart

On Mar 17, 2004

Let's put it this way: my daughter stood over the pot the whole time it was cooking, savoring the aroma. Wonderful recipe!

From: hippeastrum

On Apr 28, 2005

Very interesting dish, i'm glad I tried it =) My family thought it was pork and beans until I told them what it was.. Thanks!

From: Ms*Bindy

On Oct 15, 2005

I'm sorry, despite all the very postivie reviews, neither DH nor I cared for this. It wasn't bad, just that we like beans prepared different ways so much better.

From: Kiko

On Sep 26, 2006

Excellent! I made a half batch for the two of us, and used it as a side to oven roasted veggies and tilapia. Thank you!

From: kozmicblues

On Jun 14, 2003

This was good. It reminded me of something I have had before. I only used about a tbsp of olive oil and it tasted fine...although i used enough ingredients for 2 people so maybe that's why the amount of oil was not an issue. Anyway, thank you and I will make this again.

From: Darlene Summers

On Jan 8, 2003

Hey Angela, This was very good!!! It was not a bit hard to make either.My kind of recipe. Thanks,Darlene Summers