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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: eliz@ai.mit.edu (Elizabeth Willey)
- Subject: Peanut Soup
- Message-ID: <ELIZ.93Aug24201743@corpus-callosum.ai.mit.edu>
- Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
- References: <rapeters.746215705@husc.harvard.edu>
- Date: 24 Aug 93 20:17:43
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- Actually, this is called GROUNDNUT STEW and it comes from an ancient
- magazine clipping labelled "Foods with a Foreign Flair" with an oil of
- Olay ad on the back, mid-Sixties vintage.
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- GROUNDNUT STEW
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- 2 pounds stew meat, cut in 1-inch chunks
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 medium onions
- 2 medium tomatoes [nb: Roma best]
- 2 tablespoons salad oil [nb: peanut oil best]
- 1 cup unsalted peanuts, coarsely broken
- 4 cups hot cooked rice
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- In a covered medium saucepan, cook meat, 1 1/2 cups water, salt, and
- pepper for 1 1/2 hours or until tender.
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- Meanwhile, in covered electric blender container at low speed [nb:
- this is pre-Cuisinart], blend onions and tomatoes until smooth (or
- chop onions and tomatoes very fine.)
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- In large skillet over medium-high heat, in hot oil, cook onion-tomato
- mixture for 5 minutes.
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- Add meat mixture and peanuts, cook about 20 minutes until sauce cooks
- down slightly.
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- Serve over hot rice. [Allegedly] 6 Servings.
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- Accompaniments: Pass small bowls of shredded coconut, orange segments,
- pineapple chunks, and fried onions to sprinkle over individual
- servings of stew, if you like.
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- You can serve this with the rice below, recipe given on same page:
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- JOLOFF RICE
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- 2 tablespoons salad oil
- 2 medium onions, coarsely chopped
- 3 medium tomatoes, cut in chunks
- 1/3 cup tomato paste
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1/3 teaspoon thyme leaves
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper [needless to say, you may want more]
- 1 cup long-grain rice
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- In large saucepan over medium-high heat, in hot oil, cook onions until
- golden. Add 1 1/2 cups water, tomatoes, tomato paste, and seasonings;
- cook 10 minutes. Add rice; cover pan and cook over low heat 25 to 30
- minutes until rice is tender, stirring frequently. Makes [allegedly]
- 6 servings.
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