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Groundnut Soup

Name: Groundnut Soup
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Ghana
Ingredients: 600g Chicken Thigh; 200g Peanut butter; 3 Tomato; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 2 Onion; 1 piece Ginger; 2 cloves Garlic; 2 Red Chili Pepper; 2 tsp Chicken bouillon; 1 tsp Salt

Soup

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Chicken simmered in peanut paste — Ghana's rich, velvety soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Groundnut (peanut) soup is a traditional soup Ghanaians often make on Sundays. Peanut paste is dissolved into a tomato-and-chili broth and simmered with chicken, goat, or dried fish. Mellow and rich, it's eaten with fufu or omo tuo (rice balls).

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday afternoon, the family gathers after church, and a big pot of peanut soup and fufu is set in the middle of the table.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Chicken Thigh 600g
Peanut butter 200g
Tomato 3
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Onion 2
Ginger 1 piece
Garlic 2 cloves
Red Chili Pepper 2
Chicken bouillon 2 tsp
Salt 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Toss the chicken with salt, grated ginger and garlic, and 1 chopped onion and steam-simmer in a little water for 10 minutes.
Blend the tomatoes, remaining onion, and red chili and add, along with the tomato paste and 800ml water; simmer 15 minutes.
Thin the peanut butter with a little broth and add to the pot.
Add the stock powder and simmer on low for 40 minutes, stirring so it doesn't scorch.
When oil rises to the surface, season with salt.
Serve in bowls with rice or fufu.

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