Shito Hot Pepper Sauce

Shito Hot Pepper Sauce

It is a particular pepper sauce in Ga, a Ghanaian language from Accra

The word for pepper is different for each of the Ghanaian native languages

Shito din is widely used as the name for the hot sauce ubiquitous in Ghanaian cuisine.

The sauce consists primarily of ginger, onion, dried fish, prawns, crustaceans, tomatoes, garlic, peppers, and spices.

These ingredients are usually blended together and cooked in vegetable or corn oil for a little over an hour to create the sauce.

The blend of spices and fish differs between different regions and villages but owes its original recipe to the Ga tribe.

In Ghana, shito is used with a variety of dishes.

These include kenkey, steamed rice, Garri and Waakye (rice and beans), and Banku.

Its uses have been adapted to that of local ketchup, hot sauce, or chilli oil.

It is not uncommon to find shito being eaten with white bread or spring rolls.

In most Chinese restaurants across Ghana, shito replaces layout as a condiment to fried rice or steamed rice.

Shito Hot Pepper Sauce is a delicious hot pepper sauce prepared with dried fish and prawns along with onions, chilli, garlic, and spices.

This dark-coloured Ghanaian sauce has a rich umami taste which just makes everything taste better.

Ghana shito is very versatile

In the local Ghanaian cuisine, it is used in similar ways to a chilli sauce or ketchup.

It can be used as a side, dip or even dressing.

It is traditionally eaten with kenkey, waakye, Banku and many other Ghanaian dishes.