Oven-Baked Moin Moin
This Oven-baked Moin Moin is a delicious crowd-pleasing Nigerian side dish. Combine peeled beans, onions, red peppers to make a flavorful dish. Serve with Jollof rice, chicken and coleslaw.
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This is the perfect oven-baked foil-free moin moin recipe. It is quicker than the traditional recipe and filled with delicious flavor! Moin moin is a traditional Nigerian dish rich in protein. It is very healthy and can be served as breakfast or as a side.
Moin moin is served during special occasions (weddings, birthdays etc). Food is normally served buffet style during Nigerian events and it is common for moin moin to finish first! This delicious dish is filled with flavor and is a bean lover's dream. However, not all moin moin is created equal. Moin moin can be very hit-and-miss when unprepared with care and attention. Often, people don't add enough salt or maggi, which results in bland and tasteless moin moin. To avoid this, ensure you taste your moin moin mix before adding it to the oven.
You'll also enjoy this Nigerian Jollof Rice Recipe, Nigerian Puff Puff with Pepper, Nigerian Meat Pie Recipe and Easy Plantain Frittata Recipe.
Why This Recipe Works
- This oven-baked moin moin is made with authentic Nigerian ingredients, making it a mouth-watering option.
- This baked moin moin is easier to prepare than leaf-or foil-packed moin moin because you only have to pour the mixture into the dish.
- This recipe can easily be halved, doubled, or tripled, depending on how many people you intend to feed.
- It can be served alongside Easy Coconut Jollof Rice and One-Pot Nigerian Fried Rice.
Tips and Substitutions
- Oven: Ensure that the oven is preheated before adding the moin moin so that it cooks evenly.
- Add-ins: Feel free to add different fillings, such as corned beef and sardines. For a vegetarian/vegan option, skip all the fillings!
- Baking: If you are serving many then bake the moin moin in little foil packs.
How to Make Oven-Baked Moin Moin
- Start by adding peeled beans to a large bowl. Then, pour enough water to cover the beans and soak for 2-3 hours. Once the beans have soaked, add them to a blender along with red peppers, onions and tomato puree
2. Blend until smooth.
3. Next, pour the blended mixture into a lightly greased oven dish. Add sliced boiled eggs and tuna.
4. Serve this delicious oven-baked moin moin as a side with Coconut Fried Rice with Shrimp, Easy Nigerian Jollof Rice, Nigerian Chicken Gizzard Stew and Fried Plantain Recipe (dodo).
Recipe FAQs
Moin moin can be served with Jollof rice, white rice and stew, garri, ogi and more.
Moin Moin can be stored in the fridge for 3-4 days in an airtight container.
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Oven-Baked Moin Moin
Equipment
- 1 Blender
Ingredients
- 1 cup peeled beans (soak for 2-3 hours)
- 1 red bell pepper (chopped)
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 1 small scotch bonnet (optional)
- 44 tablespoon of tomato puree
- 1 cup of water
- Salt to taste
- 1 cube maggi (optional)
- 90 ml vegetable oil
- 3 eggs (hard boiled)
- 1 can of tuna or a small fillet of grilled mackerel
Instructions
- Add peeled beans to a large bowl. Pour in enough water to cover the peeled beans and soak for 2-3 hours (add more water when necessary).
- Preheat oven at 190C, grease an ovenproof dish and set aside for later.
- Add peeled beans, red bell pepper, onion, scotch bonnet, tomato puree, half a cup of water, salt to taste and maggi to a blender and blend (you may need to do this in two batches). Add the remaining half of the water and blend.
- Heat vegetable oil in a pan. Pour moin moin mixture and oil into the the greased dish and stir. Add egg slices and tuna/grilled mackerel pieces to the top of the moin moin (as shown) and bake for 45 minutes.
Looks delicious! Thank you for this cool info!
Thanks so much - this is quite straight forward