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West African-Inspired Chicken & Peanut Stew. This stew is made by thickening a flavorful, tomato-y soup base with ground peanuts and root vegetables. The result is a creamy, nutty, spicy, earthy ...
Peanut stew or groundnut stew, also known as maafe (Wolof, mafé, maffé, maffe), sauce d'arachide (French) or tigadèguèna is a stew that is a staple food in Western Africa. [1] While maafe is a dish from Senegal, tigadéguéna originates from the Mandinka and Bambara people of Mali .
West African-Inspired Chicken & Peanut Stew. This stew is made by thickening a flavorful, tomato-y soup base with ground peanuts and root vegetables. The result is a creamy, nutty, spicy, earthy ...
Peanut soup or groundnut soup is a soup made from peanuts, often with various other ingredients. It is a staple in African cuisine but is also eaten in East Asia ( Taiwan ), the United States (mainly in Virginia ) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and other areas around the world.
As with so many culinary treats, groundnut soup ignores international boundaries: Meat, fish or chicken simmered into a thick peanut soup is pure comfort food in countries across West Africa.
Recipes for the stew vary widely, but groundnut stew at its core is cooked with a sauce based on groundnuts , [7] the West African trinity of tomatoes, onion and chillies, and protein components such as mutton, beef or chicken. In the coastal regions of Senegal, maafe is frequently made with fish.
Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven over a medium flame. Add the onion and carrot and sauté until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
Common Ghanaian soups are groundnut soup, [12] light (tomato) soup, [12] kontomire (taro leaves) soup, palm nut soup, [13] ayoyo soup and okra soup. Ghanaian tomato stew or gravy is a stew that is often served with rice or waakye. Other vegetable stews are made with kontomire, garden eggs, egusi (pumpkin seeds), spinach, okra, etc.