Mafe

Name: Mafe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: East African
Ingredients: 800g chicken pieces or beef chunks; 200g peanut butter; 400g canned crushed tomatoes; 2 onions, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2cm ginger, grated; 1 tsp cumin; 1 sweet potato, cubed; 3 tbsp oil

West African peanut stew with chicken or beef — rich, slightly sweet, tomato-spiked and deeply warming.

Total time

70 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

55 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

East African

Ingredients

800gchicken pieces or beef chunks

200gpeanut butter

400gcanned crushed tomatoes

2onions, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

2cmginger, grated

1 tspcumin

1sweet potato, cubed

3 tbspoil

Instructions

Brown meat in batches. Remove.

Fry onion, garlic and ginger. Add cumin and tomatoes.

Return meat. Add 500ml water. Simmer 30 minutes.

Stir in peanut butter. Add sweet potato.

Simmer 20 more minutes until thick and rich. Season. Serve with rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

438

Protein

14.5g

Fat

35.8g

Carbs

21.8g

Fiber

5.5g

Sodium

241mg

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