Recipe ·
20-Minute Efo Riro
A rich, peppery classic — with the washing and chopping already done.
- Time
- 20 min
- Serves
- 4
- Ingredients
- 8
Efo riro is a weeknight meal when the greens arrive clean and chopped. Adding the spinach from frozen keeps it bright green and stops it overcooking.
Ingredients
- 1 pack Frozen Chopped Spinach (Efo Tete)
- 4 tbsp palm oil
- 1 onion, sliced
- 3 tbsp blended pepper mix
- 2 tbsp ground crayfish
- 1 tbsp iru (locust beans)
- Assorted cooked meat or smoked fish
- Seasoning and salt to taste
Method
Step 1: Heat the palm oil and fry the onion and iru for two minutes.
Step 2: Add the pepper mix and fry until the oil rises, about 8 minutes.
Step 3: Stir in crayfish, meat or fish, and seasoning. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Step 4: Add the spinach straight from frozen. Stir, cover and cook for 4 minutes. Serve with rice, yam or swallow.