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Caldo de Mancarra

Name: Caldo de Mancarra
Total time: 70 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Guinea-Bissau
Ingredients: 500g Chicken Thigh; 100g Peanut butter; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 1 tbsp Tomato paste; 1 Chili pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Salt; 600ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 70 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chicken or fish stewed in peanut sauce — Bissau-Guinean home cooking.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mancarra is the Guinea-Bissau Creole word for peanuts, and caldo de mancarra means 'peanut stew.' Chicken or fish is stewed with peanut paste, tomato, and onion, and the thick, rich sauce is poured over white rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Bissau-Guinean kitchen, a peanut-scented pot simmers gently and is poured over a big platter of white rice.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 500g
Peanut butter 100g
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Tomato paste 1 tbsp
Chili pepper 1
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 600ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces, salt, and brown in oil.
Add the chopped onion and tomato and the tomato paste and sauté.
Add the water and chili and simmer 20 minutes.
Dissolve the peanut butter in some of the liquid and add.
Simmer 20 minutes, stirring so it doesn't scorch, and season with salt.

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