Kevin Griffiths

Whisk the lemon curd to loosen it, then fold the whipped cream into the curd.

As a caterer who has spent 10 years in the street food and festival arena, I have always marveled at the street vendors for the stamina and ambition of this food service..There is an added fervor and excitement when waakye is purchased in the less aesthetically and environmentally pleasing clear polyethylene bag from innumerable street food vendors, at half the price and double the deliciousness..

Kevin Griffiths

The more widely known and lauded.rice is still viewed as a laborious preparation, hence its special-occasion status as a celebratory rice dish for Sundays, weddings, and parties (though that narrative is changing as easier shortcuts for preparation are popularized and Western franchises such as Pizza Hut, KFC and Burger King add jollof to their menus to woo the new burgeoning middle classes of Ghana's growing urban populations).. Waakye, on the other hand, can be eaten at any time of the day, either for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.My family and I can attest that it is undoubtedly one of Ghana's favorite breakfast foods.

Kevin Griffiths

My Uncle Francis would dash across the red dusty road at dawn with the cock crowing a fanfare to hustle for his breakfast waakye.Excuse me, his "pre-breakfast."

Kevin Griffiths

I endured up to three breakfasts before 9 a.m. at my grandmother's house in Kaneshie, by which time it was too hot and I was too fat to move.. Once a delicacy peculiar to the Northern regions, Waakye has become, contrary to popular Western belief, much more of a national treasure and every day staple in Ghanaian homes than jollof despite the hype jollof gets.

The dish has certainly captured the imaginations of all Ghanaians with a high visibility in street food from Kumasi to Accra and Cape Coast.Divide the marinade between the two bags; press out the air and seal the bags.

Turn to coat the chickens thoroughly.Refrigerate the chickens for 24 hours.. meanwhile, make the dipping sauce.

In a medium bowl, combine the sake, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, garlic, scallions and ginger.Season with the hot sesame oil.. Set a steamer rack inside a pot large enough to hold the chickens.