Ghanaian groundnut soup with chicken
Step 1 of 5
Cut the chicken into 4 cm pieces and mix with 2 g salt and half of the chopped onion, ginger and garlic.
12 min
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Ingredients
- 650 gChicken, broilers or fryers, meat only, raw
- 180 gPeanuts, all types, dry-roasted, without salt
- 500 gTomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average
- 50 gTomato products, canned, paste, without salt added (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)
- 200 gOnions, raw
- 20 gGinger root, raw
- 10 gGarlic, raw
- 10 gPeppers, hot chili, red, raw
- 1,500 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
- 6 gSalt, table
Method
- Cut the chicken into 4 cm pieces and mix with 2 g salt and half of the chopped onion, ginger and garlic.
- Blend the peanuts for 4 minutes into a smooth paste, gradually adding 150 g water. Blend tomatoes, remaining onion and scotch bonnet into a purée.
- Steam the chicken covered in its own juices for 10 minutes at 90 °C. Add the tomato purée, paste and 300 g water and cook with the lid ajar for 15 minutes.
- Whisk the peanut paste with the remaining 1050 g water, pour into the pot, add the remaining salt and simmer uncovered for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the soup thickens and oil beads appear on the surface.
- Divide the soup with all the chicken pieces among 6 bowls.