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Groundnut Soup

Also called nkatenkwan, peanut soup, nkate nkwan

Peanut paste simmered with tomato, ginger and chicken or goat into a glossy, nutty soup. Served with fufu or omo tuo and one of the most approachable dishes for newcomers.

Heat
Gentle heat
Kind of dish
Soups & stews
Usually made with
chicken
New to the food?
Good place to start

What’s in it

  • Peanut paste
  • Tomatoes
  • Ginger
  • Onions
  • Chicken or goat
  • Scotch bonnet pepper
  • Stock

The usual main ingredients. Each kitchen cooks it its own way and says what its version contains.

Usually

  • Gluten-free
  • Halal-friendly

How a particular kitchen makes it is theirs to say. Every dish on mamaPut carries the cook’s own answer, and allergies are worth asking them about directly.

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