Everything about this stew or soup screams comfort food and has all the qualities for becoming your next all-time favorite family meal! Here's a simple super-easy take on a beautiful traditional west African dish.
This recipe is based on a traditional African peanut soup. Anyone who’s lived/had family in west Africa might know it in a different name or variation.. We know it as Grampy’s Soup, from my parents’ time in Liberia in what feels like a whole other era ago! So since today there were both mama & I in the kitchen, you get the original flavor & mama’s hands, but with the rana cooks express shortcuts 😉 it is pretty straightforward but I just made the prep time much shorter thanks to #freezerismybestfriend 😉 Usually you need to cook a whole chicken, use the stock for the soup, de-bone & shred the chicken then add them in.. but pull chicken stock out of the freezer & use chicken breasts & you literally prep this in 5 minutes!! Some add sweet potatoes & onions, you can also add greens, and for sure make if spicy. This is the basic version, and the way I used to love it as a child. Enjoy!
Heat the chicken stock
Add a few ladles of warm stock over your peanut butter & mix to thin them down.
Add the tomato paste over the peanut butter & mix.
Add the peanut tomato mix over the stock and whisk until all is dissolved and you have a smooth creamy consistency.
Slice the chicken breasts into strips & add them in. Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and let them simmer for 20 to 30mins until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce has thickened a bit.
In the meantime cook the rice, or any other grain of preference. And Enjoy!
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Ingredients
Directions
Heat the chicken stock
Add a few ladles of warm stock over your peanut butter & mix to thin them down.
Add the tomato paste over the peanut butter & mix.
Add the peanut tomato mix over the stock and whisk until all is dissolved and you have a smooth creamy consistency.
Slice the chicken breasts into strips & add them in. Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and let them simmer for 20 to 30mins until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce has thickened a bit.
In the meantime cook the rice, or any other grain of preference. And Enjoy!