Shito
Shito, from above
Non vegGhana

Shito

Ghana's black chilli oil with smoked fish and shrimp. One spoon makes anything better.

90 minTime
7 gProtein each
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayOil, onion, ginger, chilli, smoked fish and shrimp.
The original
204kcalsame
7 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
90minutessame

Classic shito.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

12 servings
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 cup
Onion2 large, blended
Ginger8 cm piece, blended
Garlic10 cloves, blended
Dried red chilliground, about 5 tbsp
Dried salted fishsmoked fish, ground
Ground dried crayfish (ground dried shrimp)dried shrimp powder
Tomato puree¼ cup tomato paste
Stock cube (bouillon cube)1 cube
Saltto taste

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Heat the oil and add the blended onion, ginger and garlic. Cook on medium, stirring often.
  2. 2Add tomato paste and fry 5 minutes.
  3. 3Add the ground fish, shrimp powder and chilli. Cook on low, stirring constantly.
  4. 4Add stock cube and salt, cool and jar.
Serve it like this

Spoon into a small dish with waakye, jollof, kenkey or plain rice. Keep in a clean jar and use a dry spoon.

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Make it a meal

What goes with Shito: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Waakye70 min
Bread or rice Ghanaian jollof rice80 min
Bread or rice Egg fried rice20 min
With a main Kenkey with fried fish200 min
With a main Garden egg stew45 min
To drink Sweet lassi10 min
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