~336 cal · 4g protein · 56g carbs · 11g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Sliced golden rice-flour banana bread
🇱🇷 Monrovia
Liberian rice bread is a legacy of the rice-growing coast and the Americo-Liberian settlers who baked it: rice flour instead of wheat, sweetened with very ripe bananas or plantains and warmed with ginger and nutmeg. It bakes into a dense, moist loaf that is sliced for breakfast with coffee.
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Ingredients
Serves 8 —
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2 cups rice flour
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3 very ripe bananas, mashed
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3/4 cup sugar
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2 eggs
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1/3 cup neutral oil
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2 tsp baking powder
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1 tbsp grated ginger
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1/2 tsp nutmeg
Instructions
1
Heat the oven to 350°F and oil a loaf pan. Mash the bananas smooth in a large bowl.
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Beat in the sugar, eggs (or flax), oil, ginger, and nutmeg until well combined.
3
Fold in the rice flour and baking powder just until you have a thick, spoonable batter.
4
Scrape into the pan and bake 40–50 minutes until set and golden; cool before slicing.
Monrovia coastal baking tradition.
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Monrovia. A coastal capital of rice and smoky torborgee.
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Liberia. An Atlantic-coast nation of rice and smoky pepper sauces.
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Africa. Fifty-four countries of tagines, stews, and fire-kissed grills.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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