Best 7 Clay Pot African Groundnut Stew Recipes

AFRICAN GROUND NUT STEW

Steps:

• Saute onions until translucent in a large saucepan. Add chicken pieces and saute until golden but not necessarily cooked through. Add coconut milk and stock and bring to a simmer. Once the liquid is simmering, add the peanut butter a spoonful at a time and keep stirring until it is well incorporated. The sauce should be fairly thick (stew like, not soup like), so you may need to add more peanut butter or loosen with water depending upon the ingredients you use. Add chopped collards/greens and cook until very wilted. Season, to taste, with chili paste/sambal oelek and salt.
• Serve over rice or other starch.
• Traditional African stiff porridge would be served on the side and used to dip into the sauce with one's hands. Pull off a piece the size of a meatball, use your thumb to make an impression in the porridge and use the divet to scoop up the stew and pop it into your mouth! Enjoy.

CLAY POT AFRICAN GROUNDNUT STEW

Steps:

• In a large, 12-inch skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat.
• Add half the beef and brown well on all sides.
• Place the meat in a soaked 3-quart clay pot.
• Brown remaining beef in additional 1 tablespoon oil. Add this batch to pot.
• Add the broth to the skillet and bring to a boil, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Pour into a bowl and set aside.
• Place the skillet over medium-high heat and heat the remaining oil.
• Add the onion, bell pepper, garlic, and ginger, and saute for about 8 minutes, until the onions are translucent. Add the sauteed vegetables to the clay pot.
• Add the peanut butter, tomatoes, thyme, cinnamon, allspice, hot-pepper flakes, and lemon juice to the reserved broth, mixing until well combined. Add this to the pot and stir to coat meat and vegetables.
• Cover the pot and place it in a cold oven.
• Set the oven temperature to 450 degrees F and cook for 1 hour, or until the meat is tender and the sauce thick and creamy.

SPICY PEANUT STEW WITH GINGER AND TOMATO

Steps:

• In a colander, toss eggplant with 1 teaspoon salt; set aside for 30 minutes. Rinse, drain well and set aside. In a small bowl, combine cumin, coriander, turmeric and cayenne; set aside.
• In a large pot, heat 3 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat. Add shallots and fry, stirring often, until soft, crisp and caramelized, about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer shallots to a large bowl, leaving oil in pot. Raise heat to high and add eggplant. Cook, stirring often, until lightly browned and just tender, about 10 minutes. Transfer to bowl with shallots.
• Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to pot and heat over medium-high heat. Add ginger and chilies and cook, stirring for 30 seconds. Add spices and cook, stirring, 30 seconds more. Add onion and cook, stirring to scrape up any browned bits, until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add tomato paste and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Add diced tomatoes, stock or water, eggplant, shallots and a sprinkling of salt. Bring to a boil and cook 5 minutes. Place peanut butter in a medium bowl, add one or two ladlefuls of hot soup, and stir until emulsified, then pour mixture back into soup.
• Reduce heat to a simmer, add zucchini, cover and cook 10 to 15 minutes, until vegetables are tender. Turn off heat and stir in lemon juice and chopped cilantro. Let cool slightly and taste; add salt if necessary. Serve in bowls with rice, garnished with cilantro leaves and chopped peanuts, if desired.

CLAY POT NORTH AFRICAN POT ROAST

Steps:

• Combine the chickpeas, onion, garlic, raisins, pepper, cinnamon, mace, and turmeric in a pre-soaked 4-quart clay pot.
• Place the meat on the chickpea mixture.
• Arrange the sweet potatoes and whole eggs around the meat.
• Add enough broth or water so the meat and eggs are nearly covered.
• Cover the pot and place in a cold oven.
• Set the oven temperature to 300 degrees F.
• Cook for about 4 hours, until the meat is tender, adding liquid as needed so the eggs are always at least partly submerged.
• To serve, peel and quarter the eggs. Make a bed of chickpeas and yams on each plate and top with slices of beef and pieces of eggs.

WEST AFRICAN PEANUT STEW

Steps:

• Heat the peanut oil in a large pot over medium-high heat; cook and stir the onion, garlic, and ginger in the hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken; cook and stir until completely browned. Season with the crushed red pepper, salt, and black pepper. Pour the chicken stock over the mixture. Stir the sweet potatoes into the liquid and bring the mixture to a boil; reduce heat to low, cover the pot partially with a lid, and cook at a simmer for 15 minutes.
• Stir the tomatoes, collard greens, and peanut butter into the soup. Partially cover the pot again and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, another 20 minutes.

SLOW-COOKER AFRICAN GROUNDNUT STEW WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Spray 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In cooker, layer all ingredients, spooning peanut butter in dollops.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 10 hours. Break up chicken before serving.

WEST AFRICAN GROUNDNUT STEW

Steps:

• In a large heavy pot, heat oil.
• Roll chicken in flour and brown in oil with nutmeg and chili powder.
• When chicken is browned, add onions and garlic, tomato paste, water, hot sauce (if using) and salt.
• Stir well.
• Mix the boiling water with the peanut butter and add to pot.
• Simmer covered over low heat until tender, about 45-60 minutes.
• About halfway through cooking, add chopped vegetables.
• If stew is too watery, mix 2-3 tbsp of corn startch with cold water to make a thickening paste and add to stew.
• Serve over a bed of rice.