CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE STEW IN PEANUT BUTTER TOMATO SAUCE: MAFE
Steps:
- In a large pot, heat oil until hot and brown chicken pieces on all sides. Remove chicken temporarily.
- In the same frying pan, add the onions and stir until soft and slightly brown. Add the tomato paste and salt, and stir well.
- Add all the prepared vegetables and fish sauce to the pot. Return the chicken to the pot and add just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, stir, and reduce heat to medium. Simmer for approximately 30 minutes. Check the vegetables to avoid overcooking, removing them in a bowl as they are done.
- When all the vegetables are cooked and removed from the stew, add the peanut butter or "tigadege", 1 tablespoon at a time to make sure it is well dissolved in the broth. Add the Scotch bonnet pepper, if using and simmer until broth thickens, about 20 to 30 minutes.
- Return all the vegetables to the pot and simmer 5 minutes more. Serve over white rice.
CHICKEN MAFE
This West African favorite, adapted from Rama Dione and Papa Diagne, balances the richness of peanut butter with tomato and aromatics, cooked down to a thick gravy. The addition of Southeast Asian fish sauce gives the dish depth and is somewhat traditional, given the Vietnamese influence, via the French, in Senegal. But absolutely traditional would be to eat this with guests, directly from a large platter, to demonstrate welcome and unity.
Provided by Francis Lam
Categories soups and stews, main course
Time 1h45m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Finely mince 6 cloves garlic and the ginger with a pinch of salt, plenty of black pepper and crushed red-pepper flakes to taste. Season chicken all over with salt, and rub with the garlic mixture. Marinate for three hours or overnight, refrigerated.
- Finely chop the remaining 6 cloves of garlic. In a large Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat. When it is hot, add the onion, chopped garlic, 2 teaspoons kosher salt and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes, until the onion is starting to become translucent. Stir in the fish sauce, then the tomato paste, and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes, until the paste and onions have combined and are a shade darker. Stir in 6 cups water, scraping up any browned bits.
- Add the chicken, bring to a boil and turn heat down to a moderate simmer. In a mixing bowl, stir a cup of the cooking liquid into the peanut butter, a splash at a time, to loosen it. Pour the peanut butter mixture into the pot, and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the cabbage and carrots, and simmer 10 minutes. Peel and cut the sweet potato and waxy potatoes into 1 1/2-inch chunks, add them and simmer 30 minutes, until the vegetables and chicken are tender and the sauce is like a very thick gravy. (The oil will be separating in the sauce.) If the chicken and vegetables are tender but the sauce is still a little loose, remove them, and let the sauce cook down. Add the chile if using. Taste, adjust seasoning with salt and serve over white rice.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 848, UnsaturatedFat 33 grams, Carbohydrate 80 grams, Fat 45 grams, Fiber 12 grams, Protein 38 grams, SaturatedFat 9 grams, Sodium 1392 milligrams, Sugar 12 grams, TransFat 0 grams
SENEGALESE MAFE
Steps:
- Season chicken and brown in oil in a large heavy pot. Add onions and tomatoes. In separate pot heat chicken stock and whisk in tomato paste. Thin peanut butter slightly with hot liquid and add all liquids to pot with chicken. Reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes. Add vegetables and cook until chicken and vegetables are tender, approximately 45 minutes. Season to taste with salt, cayenne and ground white pepper. Garnish with peanuts.
MAFE (PEANUT BUTTER STEW)
Mafe is a Senegalese classic. It is also an entrant into the peanut stew sweepstakes that could be held for dishes from all over the continent. Here the meat of choice is lamb, but mafe could also be prepared from beef or chicken. Traditionally the stew is served with white rice.
Provided by Food Network
Categories main-dish
Yield Serves 4 to 6
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 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.
WEST AFRICAN GROUNDNUT STEW (MAFE)
This is a yummy spicy stew, popular in Western Africa, particularly Senegal, Gambia, Mali and the Ivory Coast. Traditionally, it's made with black-eyed peas, but you can sub stew meat (usually chicken or beef) if you like! I was a little bit uncertain about the peanut butter, but it balanced the spiciness really well and gave the stew a creamy texture.
Provided by Stephanie Z.
Categories Stew
Time 1h20m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Combine peanut butter and 1/4 cup water.
- Saute onion and green pepper in a little oil until soft, about 5 minutes.
- In a large pot, add black-eyed peas (or meat), peanuts, water, beef stock (or water), tomatoes, tomato paste, all vegetables, spices, and peanut butter mixture. Stir well to combine.
- Simmer on low heat for at least an hour, up to 4 hours, stirring occasionally. You may want to add more water to bring the stew to your desired consistency.
- Serve over rice. Garnish with bananas or pineapple.
MAFE (SENEGALESE BEEF STEW)
This traditional stew, with peanuts (groundnuts) can also be made with lamb, chicken or just vegetables. The amount and heat of the peppers you use can be varied to suit your palate.
Provided by Chef Kate
Categories Stew
Time 1h25m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Whisk together peanut butter and stock and reserve.
- Season the meat with salt and pepper.
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
- Brown the meat well on all sides; do not crowd the meat; saute in batches if necessary.
- Remove meat and keep warm.
- Add the onion, garlic, peppers, and carrots to the pan and saute until the onions are translucent.
- Add the peanut butter and broth mixture, scraping all the brown bits up from the bottom and sides of the pan.
- Return the reserved meat (and any juices) to the pan with the tomatoes and their liquid, the thyme and bay leaf.
- Stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring often, for about 1 hour or until the meat is tender.
- Taste for seasoning.
- Remove the thyme sprig and the bay leaf and discard.
- Serve hot over rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 399.4, Fat 22.5, SaturatedFat 5.6, Cholesterol 96.8, Sodium 239.5, Carbohydrate 13.1, Fiber 3.5, Sugar 6.3, Protein 39.6
MAFÉ (SENEGALESE CHICKEN AND PEANUT BUTTER STEW)
Steps:
- Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a heavy medium pot over medium heat. Working in batches, lightly brown chicken all over, then transfer to a bowl as done. Add onions to pot and cook, stirring often with a wooden spoon, until soft, about 5 minutes. Combine peanut butter and 1 ½ cups cold water in a small bowl. Combine tomato paste and 2 cups hot water in another bowl. Stir peanut butter and tomato paste mixtures into pot, scraping any browned bits stuck to the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon. Return chicken to pot and stir well, then add carrots and herbs. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until chicken is tender, about 1 hour. Adjust seasonings. Remove herbs. Serve with hot cooked rice.
VEGETARIAN MAFE (AFRICAN STEW)
Make and share this Vegetarian Mafe (African Stew) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Outta Here
Categories Stew
Time 1h20m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat oil in Dutch oven or heavy soup pot over medium-high heat.
- Add the onions and cook until beginning to brown.
- Add vegetables one at a time, sauteing each one for a minute or two before adding the next.
- Stir in tomato sauce and about one cup of water (depending on thickness of stew you desire). Reduce heat & simmer until all the vegetables are tender (15-30 minutes).
- Spoon out half a cup of the broth & mix it with the peanut butter to make a smooth paste. Return to the pot & simmer for 15 minutes.
- Serve over cooked, hot rice (optional).
CHICKEN VEG. STEW IN PEANUT BUTTER TOMATO SAUCE: MAFE
Adapted from Sara's Secrets, this is an Ethiopian dish, that will tantalize your taste buds! I leave out the Scotch bonnet pepper, and use a slice of jalapeno.
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Stew
Time 1h45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large pot, heat oil until hot and brown chicken pieces on all sides. Remove chicken and set aside for now. In the same frying pan, add the onions and stir until limp and slightly brown. Add the tomato paste and salt, and stir well.
- Add all the prepared vegetables and fish sauce to the pot. Return the chicken to the pot and add just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, stir, and reduce heat to medium. Simmer for approximately 30 minutes. Check the vegetables to avoid overcooking, removing them in a bowl as they are done.
- When all the vegetables are cooked and removed from the stew, add the peanut butter or "tigadege", 1 tablespoon at a time to make sure it is well dissolved in the broth. Add the Scotch bonnet pepper(or jalapeno), if using and simmer until broth thickens, about 20 to 30 minutes.
- Return all the vegetables to the pot and simmer 5 minutes more. Serve over white rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1035.5, Fat 61.8, SaturatedFat 14.7, Cholesterol 155.2, Sodium 2135.2, Carbohydrate 73.5, Fiber 16, Sugar 22.9, Protein 56
LAMB-SHOULDER MAFE WITH FONIO
The Senegalese-born chef Pierre Thiam makes this lamb mafe with meat from the shoulder, on or off the bone, which goes tender after a stretch of unattended, gentle simmering. Adapting the dish in New York, Thiam thickened it with jarred peanut butter, which lends the sauce its characteristic creaminess, and Vietnamese fish sauce, for salty depth. Though he leaves the Scotch bonnet whole, if you want a more intense taste of it, crush it apart with a wooden spoon, and you'll tap right into its bright, floral heat. You could serve the stew with rice, or a number of other grains, but Thiam serves his on a heap of warm fonio, a tiny, tender, ancient grain that can be found partly cooked and dehydrated in many West African grocery stores, as well as specialty food stores and health food markets.
Provided by Tejal Rao
Categories dinner, grains and rice, main course
Time 3h
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 25
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Season the lamb with 1 tablespoon of salt, and brown in batches until all the meat is browned. Set aside the meat, and pour off excess fat, leaving about 1 tablespoon in the pot.
- Add onion, using a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan, and cook until it turns translucent. Reduce heat to low, then add garlic, and stir well. Cook for a minute or 2, until it is fragrant, then add tomato paste, and cook for 7 more minutes, until the paste is dark in color. If the mixture begins to brown too quickly, lower the heat, and add a splash of water to deglaze the pan. Return the meat to the pot, add stock to cover meat and bring to a simmer. Add bay leaves, thyme and remaining salt, and cover. Cook for 2 hours on low heat, or until the meat is very tender.
- Prepare the parsley topping: Combine the parsley, scallions, garlic, Scotch bonnet and lemon zest in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste, cover and refrigerate until it's time to serve.
- Start the fonio: Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the shallots, and cook until soft and translucent. Add the garlic and carrot, and cook for 3 minutes more, until the garlic is fragrant. Add 1/4 cup water along with the peas, and cook covered, on low heat, until the carrot is tender, about 8 minutes, then turn off the heat, and set aside until you're ready to eat.
- Finish the mafe: In a large bowl, gradually add a little hot liquid from the lamb to the peanut butter, mixing it with more and more liquid until it's thick, smooth and pourable. Return it all to the pot with the meat, and mix well. Add the okra, Scotch bonnet and fish sauce, and simmer gently, uncovered, for about 30 minutes or so, stirring frequently to avoid clumps of peanut butter at the bottom of the pot, until the sauce is thick enough to coat a spoon and a little bit of fat has pooled at the top.
- Cook the fonio: In a pot with a tightly fitted lid, bring 2 cups of salted water to a boil, add the fonio, stir, cover and turn off the heat. After 5 minutes, remove the lid and fluff with a fork. Fold fonio into the shallots and peas, season and taste. To serve, pile bowls with fonio, top with lamb and generously sprinkle over the parsley.
"WEST AFRICAN'S FINEST" MAFE
Make and share this "West African's Finest" Mafe recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Food.com
Categories African
Time 55m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a large pot over medium heat, heat the peanut oil. Add the carrots, garlic, potatoes, sweet potatoes and onions and mix well. Stir in the tomato paste, paprika, cayenne, cumin, thyme sprigs, chickpeas, salt and black pepper and mix well. Add the stock, making sure the level of the stock is above the veggies in the pot. Add additional salt and pepper to taste.
- Cover and bring to boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the veggies are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Turn off the heat but leave the pot on the stove. Stir in the creamy peanut butter, mix well and let sit for 5 minutes before serving.
- Serve with basmati rice, quinoa, couscous or fufu.
SENEGALESE MAFÉ
Steps:
- 1. Put Ingredients A into a pot. Sautee until translucent. 2. Add Ingredients B. Simmer 15 minutes. 3. Add ingredients C. Simmer until chicken is done. 4. Serve over rice, topped with sour cream, lime wedge, and chopped cilantro.
MAFE TIGA BANTU
Popular in West Africa, this hearty fish stew is thickened with peanut butter for a sweet-salty taste.
Provided by F. Binta Diallo
Categories main-dish
Time 2h
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Combine the quarters of 1 of the onions, 2 of the garlic cloves, the parsley leaves, 1 teaspoon sea salt and freshly ground pepper in a mortar and pestle or a food processor and muddle or pulse to chop until all the ingredients have processed into a green mush, about 3 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl.
- Working in batches if necessary, place the snapper in the same mortar or food processor used for the parsley. Use the pestle to pound the fish or the food processor to pulse the fish to a malleable texture. Add the fish to the bowl with the parsley mixture and mix well using your hands. Using a tablespoon, form the mixture into round balls called "bantu" and set aside.
- Rinse the mortar and pestle or food processor and add the remaining onion quarters, garlic cloves, 2 teaspoons salt and the green and red bell peppers and muddle until the ingredients are crushed, about 3 minutes in a mortar and pestle or 20 seconds in a food processor. This is called "knokoss." Place in a medium bowl and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a 4-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Fry the bantu in batches until browned, about 2 minutes per side. When all the bantu has been browned, transfer to a medium bowl or plate and set aside.
- Saute the knokoss in the same Dutch oven until soft and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the diced tomatoes, tomato paste and bouillon seasoning and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in 8 cups water and the bay leaf, bring to a simmer and let cook for 10 minutes.
- Stir in the peanut butter until fully incorporated; the stew should turn a beige color and start to thicken. Stir until the stew starts to boil, then cover and turn the heat to medium-high. Cook for 30 minutes, stirring gently every 10 minutes.
- Add the sweet potatoes, carrots, and Scotch bonnet chile. Check for seasoning; if more salt is required add the soy sauce. Give it a big stir, cover and simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Carefully add the bantu and reduce the heat to low. Cover and let simmer for 5 to 10 minutes; the stew is done when a reddish peanut oil appears on top of the surface. Do not stir the oil to incorporate, simply turn off the stew and carefully remove the Scotch bonnet.
- Serve over rice or foufou.
CHICKEN OR PORK MAFE RECIPE
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Finely mince 6 cloves garlic and the ginger with a pinch of salt, plenty of black pepper and crushed red-pepper flakes to taste. Season chicken all over with salt, and rub with the garlic mixture. Marinate for three hours or overnight, refrigerated.
- Finely chop the remaining 6 cloves of garlic. In a large Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat. When it is hot, add the onion, chopped garlic, 2 teaspoons kosher salt and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes, until the onion is starting to become translucent. Stir in the fish sauce, then the tomato paste, and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes, until the paste and onions have combined and are a shade darker. Stir in 6 cups water, scraping up any browned bits.
- Add the chicken, bring to a boil and turn heat down to a moderate simmer. In a mixing bowl, stir a cup of the cooking liquid into the peanut butter, a splash at a time, to loosen it. Pour the peanut butter mixture into the pot, and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the cabbage and carrots, and simmer 10 minutes. Peel and cut the sweet potato and waxy potatoes into 1 1/2-inch chunks, add them and simmer 30 minutes, until the vegetables and chicken are tender and the sauce is like a very thick gravy. (The oil will be separating in the sauce.) If the chicken and vegetables are tender but the sauce is still a little loose, remove them, and let the sauce cook down. Add the chile if using. Taste, adjust seasoning with salt and serve over white rice.
MAFE
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high flame. Add the beef and sauté until lightly browned on all sides, 5-6 minutes. Remove to a bowl and set aside. Add the onion to the oil in the pot and sauté until translucent, 3-4 minutes. Stir in the garlic and ginger and sauté another 1-2 minutes. Return the beef to the pot, stir in the tomato paste and cook for about 1 minute. Stir in the chopped tomatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 8-10 minutes to reduce the volume of the tomatoes somewhat. Add enough water or stock to loosen the dish to a stewlike consistency. Simmer for another 10 minutes. Stir in the peanut butter, salt and pepper and simmer for another 40 minutes, or until the beef is tender and oil rises to the surface of the dish. Add water as necessary to keep the dish stewlike. Adjust seasoning and serve over rice or couscous.
MAFE'
Make and share this Mafe' recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Rumpole
Categories Stew
Time 1h20m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Season chicken with sale and pepper.
- Heat oil in a heavy pot over medium heat.
- Working in batches, lightly brown chicken all over, then transfer to a bowl as done.
- Add onions to pot, scraping any browned bits stuck to bottom of pot with the spoon.
- Combine peanut butter and 1 1/2 cups cold water in a bowl.
- Combine tomato paste and 2 cups hot water in another bowl.
- Stir peanut butter and tomato paste mixtures into pot, scraping any browned bits stuck to bottom of pot with the spoon.
- Return chicken to pot and stir well.
- Add carrots, thyme and bay leaves.
- Reduce heat to medium low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until chicken is tender - about an hour.
- Serve over rice or, in the last 20 minutes, add rice to stew and cook together.
- Adjust seasonings and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1250.8, Fat 61, SaturatedFat 13, Cholesterol 377.7, Sodium 914, Carbohydrate 66.5, Fiber 8.2, Sugar 13.7, Protein 110.8
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