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Liberia
Gari yorkor is the Liberian bowl of gari (dried grated cassava) soaked with the hot broth of boiled beans, the beans themselves, red palm oil, chopped onion and pepper, stirred together and left a few minutes to swell. It is the meal that keeps a worker full all day: breakfast, lunch and dinner in one bowl, cheap and quick once the beans are cooked. Ghana's gari and beans and Nigeria's versions are cousins; the Liberian one is defined by the palm oil poured straight in and the raw onion on top.
The draft was written from 2 published sources and holds 8 ingredients and 5 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.