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The Food
- Most Ghanaian lunches and dinners
consist of a main course, generally some
kind of soup or stew, served hot and in a
large, communal serving dish. A starch
is served on the side. Each diner washes
his/her right hand before a meal and uses
it to pull off a bit of the starch, which
s/he subsequently dips in the stew to
soak it up, then eats the soaked starch.
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- The below recipe is for one of the
most popular Ghanaian stews. (The
Ghanaians refer to peanuts as "groundnuts.")
Recipe for Groundnut Soup (with
chicken)
Akoko Nkatse Nkwan (Fante,
Ghana)
| 8 to 12 Chicken pieces |
1 1/2 cups smooth peanut butter |
| 1 medium onion, chopped |
8 cups slightly warm water |
| 1 teaspoon salt |
2 medium ripe tomatoes, peeled or
2 tablespoons tomato paste |
| 1 teaspoon pepper |
Diced pimentos (optional) |
| 1 teaspoon hot curry powder (optional) |
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Season chicken with onions and all dry
ingredients. Moisten with a little water and cook
over medium heat in a large saucepan for 15
minutes. Stir once or twice.
While chicken is cooking, mix peanut butter with
water in a bowl until smooth. Add peanut butter
mixture to chicken when it is ready. Bring to a
boil at once and continue boiling for about 30
minutes.
Grind tomatoes in a blender until smooth, or, if
a blender is not available, mash in a bowl and
then pass pulp through a sieve. Add pulp to soup.
Simmer until chicken becomes tender and oil
begins to form in soup. Stir from time to time.
Empty soup into serving dish, sprinkle with
pimentos and serve hot.
Serves 6 to 8
Cooking time: 1 1/2 hours
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