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Mafé

Name: Mafé
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Senegal
Ingredients: 500g Beef; 150g Peanut butter; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 Sweet potato; 2 Carrot; 1/8 Cabbage; 1 Red Chili Pepper; 1 Beef Bouillon; 1 tsp Salt; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Beef and vegetables stewed rich with peanut butter and tomato — a stew loved across West Africa.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mafé is a peanut-sauce stew eaten across West Africa, Senegal included, and is sometimes said to originate in Mali. In Senegal, a major peanut producer, it's a home staple: beef, lamb, or chicken is stewed with sweet potatoes, cabbage, and carrots in peanut paste and tomato, and served over rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a home kitchen at dusk, a pot of thick peanut sauce bubbles gently as the children peek in, unable to wait for dinner.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef 500g
Peanut butter 150g
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Sweet potato 1
Carrot 2
Cabbage 1/8
Red Chili Pepper 1
Beef Bouillon 1
Salt 1 tsp
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot and brown the bite-size beef.
Add the chopped onion and garlic and sauté, then add the tomato paste and fry well.
Add 800ml water, the beef bouillon, and red chili and simmer 30 minutes.
Dissolve the peanut butter in a ladleful of broth and return it to the pot.
Add the sweet potatoes, carrots, and cabbage cut large and simmer 30 minutes, stirring so it doesn't scorch.
When oil rises to the surface and it's thick, season with salt and serve with rice.

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