DISH RESEARCH · Rice dish
Benachin
Gambian one-pot rice with chicken, beef, tomatoes and mixed vegetables.
About Benachin
Benachin is a Gambian one-pot rice dish with distinct meat and fish versions. This profile selects Adele Faye Njie's chicken-and-beef recipe, in which the rice absorbs the cooking liquid after the meat and vegetables.
Tomato and tomato purée underpin the sauce, with onion, garlic, bay and black pepper adding flavour. Vinegar brings acidity to the meat, while the mixed vegetables give the dish contrasting flavours.
The rice is piled on an oval dish with cooked chicken and vegetables above. Cabbage, bitter tomato, aubergine and pumpkin give this selected version its varied vegetable presentation.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Benachin
Adele Faye Njie's Gambian chicken-and-beef benachin.
- ChickenProtein
- BeefProtein
- OnionsAromatic
- YateSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Pounded fresh peppersSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Fresh tomatoesBase
- Tomato puréeSeasoning
- GarlicAromatic
- Bay leavesAromatic
- OilCooking medium
- CabbageBase
- Bitter tomatoBaseIngredient page not linked
- AubergineBase
- PumpkinBase
- Large peppersBaseIngredient page not linked
- Black pepperSeasoning
- RiceBase
- WaterLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- VinegarSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Chicken: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Beef: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Yate: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source names yate but does not identify its species/product; ingredient and allergen mapping unresolved.
- Pounded fresh peppers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Pepper species/cultivar and heat not explicitly stated.
- Fresh tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomato purée: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader concentrated-tomato candidate; purée concentration/product formula unresolved.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Bay leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Botanical identity unspecified.
- Cabbage: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Bitter tomato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Local bitter-tomato identity not established by primary recipe; no automatic African-eggplant mapping.
- Aubergine: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pumpkin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Large peppers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Separate source big sliced peppers; sweet/chilli identity not specified.
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only meat marinade ingredient; base/formula unspecified.
Origins & food traditions
Selected Gambian chicken-and-beef benachin; not the separate fish versions on the publisher page.
Countries
- Gambia
- GambiaCatalogue link pending review
- Guinea-BissauCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Gambian Cuisine
- Gambian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Guinea-Bissau CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.