Tuesday 24 September 2013

Ghanaian Chicken and Peanut Butter Soup

The chicken and peanut butter soup is mostly eaten by the Ghanaian though i heard it a west African soup but i have a story behind this soup, five years ago, i use to work for an IT firm in Nigeria,and a Ghanaian family (our customer) invited me for a lunch one faithful weekend, i was glad and i decided to visit, but my boyfriend called me that i have to see him the same weekend that i had plan to visits my Ghanaian friends
But would i rather go to 'eat' or see my love ? ( lol ) so i quickly picked my phone and i called them 'hey i had an emergency and am not coming blablabla' but after then they had a baby and i have to go see the baby and i was served Chicken and Peanut Butter soup, OMG! i really loved the soup to the extent that i keep visiting the family (who wouldn't anyway!)
Afterwards they left the country without saying good bye, i keep searching for the recipe and i finally found it Here and Here so i you can decide the type of method you want!

INGREDIENT 
(3 lb) chicken, cleaned and cut into 16 portions
4 small onions, peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon ginger paste
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic paste
21 fluid ounces chicken stock
1 lb smooth peanut butter
18 ounces water
1 (14 ounce) can plum tomatoes
1 hot red pepper, de-seeded and roughly chopped
Directions:
Place a large saucepan/casserole pot over a medium heat. Fry the chicken pieces, skin side down, for 10 minutes or until browned. Using tongs, turn the pieces of chicken over to seal the underside.

Stir in two of the onions, ginger and garlic for five minutes or until translucent and softened.

Pour in the chicken stock and season with salt. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

In a separate small saucepan, mix together the peanut butter with the water. Gently bring the mixture to the boil, stirring occasionally to.

prevent burning and a lumpy mixture. Gently simmer for 5–10 minutes or until the oil from the peanut butter settles on the surface.

In a food processor, blend together the remaining two onions with the tinned tomatoes and red pepper. Add this mixture to the chicken and simmer for 5 minutes.

Finally, add the peanut butter mixture to the chicken pan and simmer for a further 30 minutes.

Optional - pour soup into a bowl and place rice ball in the middle

Enjoy!!!!

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