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Nigerien Riz Sauce

Name: Nigerien Riz Sauce
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Niger
Ingredients: 300g Rice; 400g Beef Round; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 1 Green Bell Pepper; 2 cloves Garlic; 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Beef Bone Broth Base; 1 tsp Salt; 500ml Water

Rice

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

White rice topped with beef and tomato sauce — Niger's standard lunch.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Riz sauce means 'rice and sauce' in French and is the standard lunch at eateries and homes in Niamey, Niger's capital. A sauce of beef or lamb stewed with tomato, onion, and green pepper is poured generously over white rice. Rice is also grown along the Niger River.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Niamey eatery, red tomato sauce is poured over a big platter of white rice and topped with meat.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Rice 300g
Beef Round 400g
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Green Bell Pepper 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Vegetable Oil 3 tbsp
Beef Bone Broth Base 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 500ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cook the rice.
Heat oil in a pot and brown the bite-size beef.
Add the chopped onion, garlic, green pepper, tomato, and tomato paste and sauté.
Add the water and stock powder and stew 40 minutes.
Season with salt and pour over the rice.

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