Mafé

Name: Mafé
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Senegal
Ingredients: 700g beef, cubed; 200g peanut butter; 400g tinned tomatoes; 2 sweet potatoes, cubed; 2 onions, diced; 4 cloves garlic; 1 tbsp tomato purée; Scotch bonnet chilli to taste; oil for browning

Senegal

Eaten throughout West Africa in different versions. The Senegalese version is considered the definitive one.

Senegalese peanut stew — beef or lamb slow-cooked in a thick, rich peanut sauce with tomato and sweet potato. West Africa's defining peanut stew.

Photo: JN PICTURE

Prep

20 mins

Cook

60 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

520 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

700gbeef, cubed

200gpeanut butter

400gtinned tomatoes

2sweet potatoes, cubed

2onions, diced

4 clovesgarlic

1 tbsptomato purée

Scotch bonnet chillito taste

oilfor browning

Method

Brown beef. Fry onion and garlic. Add tomato purée and tomatoes. Cook 10 minutes.

Add peanut butter. Stir until smooth. Add beef and water. Simmer 40 minutes.

Add sweet potato. Cook 20 minutes until tender.

Chef's Tip

Add peanut butter gradually while stirring — it can clump if added all at once.

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