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Mafe (Peanut Butter Stew)

The Africa Cookbook (Simon & Schuster)

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (6)

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    Easy

  • Yield:

    Serves 4 to 6

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Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons peanut oil
  • 1 large onion, minced
  • 2 pounds lamb stew meat, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 1/2 cups cold water
  • 1/3 cup tomato paste
  • 2 cups hot water
  • 4 large carrots, scraped and cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions

Heat the oil in a heavy saucepan, add the onion, and cook over medium heat until it is translucent. Add the meat and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until it is lightly browned on all sides.

In a small bowl, mix the peanut butter with the cold water and pour it over the meat. Dilute the tomato paste with the hot water, pour the liquid over the stew, and stir well to make sure all the ingredients are well mixed. Add the remaining ingredients, lower the heat, cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour, or until the meat is tender. Remove the thyme sprigs and bay leaves. Serve hot over white rice.

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  • recipe Mafe (Peanut Butter Stew)
    Ebony staten island, NY 05-20-2007

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    Message to all

    Rated: 1 stars out of 5
    Coming from a Senegalese person, this recipe is absolutely wrong !
  • recipe Mafe (Peanut Butter Stew)
    JENNIFER houston, TX 03-11-2007

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    Easy to make

    Rated: 4 stars out of 5
    This was very easy to make. All ingredients are pretty straight forward. For the amount of effort put into this recipe, the... results yielded were good, though not amazing. Will probably be making it again for the ease of it.Read more
  • recipe Mafe (Peanut Butter Stew)
    Patricia Chicago, IL 10-15-2006

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    Great Stew

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    I love to try different ethnic food and when I tried this one, it was absolutely delicious! I took it to work and everybody... loved it.Read more
  • recipe Mafe (Peanut Butter Stew)
    Neeloofar Somerville, MA 03-03-2006

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    Pretty good

    Rated: 4 stars out of 5
    This was a very easy recipe to make and the taste was not what I expected - as in, I couldn't tell it was peanut butter. The... only thing is that it wasn't amazing - it's more just a meal that's easy to make and enjoy some night. I would also add more veggies to add a bit more substance to the dish. I don't like lamb, so we changed it to beef.Read more
  • recipe Mafe (Peanut Butter Stew)
    Lauren Tallahassee, FL 04-20-2005

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    yum!

    Rated: 4 stars out of 5
    I replaced the chicken with tofu and found this to be a very good vegetarian comfort food.
  • recipe Mafe (Peanut Butter Stew)
    WILLIAM portland, OR 06-24-2004

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    wonderful

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    was a little hesatant on this one because of the peanut butter ,but it turnd out great my family request this meal at least 5... times a year. set back lamb isnt cheapRead more
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