This comforting West African Peanut Stew is the perfect dish to serve up on a chilly night. Peanuts and chicken are one of those magical combinations and mixed with our spice blend and cocoa paste create a wonderful warm flavour. Okra can be exchanged for courgettes or other green vegetables if you’d prefer. But if you can, try to stay as true to this recipe as possible because it really is delightful!
Cook our delicious West African Peanut Stew in just Minutes
We’ve sourced and blended all of the unique flavour ingredients to make our authentic West African Peanut Stew. We bring these all together in a recipe kit, which consists of 3 flavour pots; a Mali Spice Blend pot, a Tomato Paste pot and a Cocoa Spices pot. Simply follow our recipe, adding a few items from your fridge, to cook this delicious West African Peanut Stew in just 20 minutes.
How Our Recipes Kits Work
We provide flavour ingredients:
Mali Spice Blend
Tomato Paste
Cocoa Spices
Your shopping list:
- 150g
- Basmati rice
- 4
- boneless chicken thighs
- 1
- onion
- 10
- sweet cherry tomatoes
- 175g
- okra
- 1
- lemon
- 2Tbsp
- peanut butter (heaped)
- Handful
- of roasted peanuts(optional)
Our 20 minute recipe
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1.
Fry the orka
Cook the rice according to pack instructions. Keep aside.
Meanwhile, heat a little oil in a pan over a medium-high heat then fry the okra for 2 mins to get a little bit of colour on the sides, then remove from the pan.
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2.
Cook the chicken in the spices
Next add the onion to the pan and fry for 3-4 mins.
Add the chicken and fry for 2 mins.
Reduce the heat to medium and add the MALI SPICE BLEND with 100ml water. Let it simmer for 3 mins.
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3.
Add the tomatoes and peanut butter
Add the cherry tomatoes and the TOMATO PASTE, mix well and cook for 2 mins.
Mix in the peanut butter and COCOA SPICES along with a 200ml of water and then cover it with a lid and let it cook gently over a medium-low heat for 5 mins, or until the chicken is cooked through. If the sauce is too thick, just add more water to loosen it.
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4.
Serve!
Stir the okra into the sauce, then serve the stew over the rice and garnish with peanuts (if using) and a squeeze of lemon, which enhances the flavour.
West African Peanut Stew Reviews
BASED ON 3533 reviews
James - Dec 05, 2019 
the best
Steven - Dec 05, 2019
Enjoyed it but fresh okra was hard to source
Belinda - Dec 03, 2019
Too rich for us.
Helen - Dec 03, 2019
This was a delicious, heart warming dish, full of flavour
Hannah - Dec 01, 2019
We didn’t like it at all sadly
Alex - Nov 30, 2019
Good flavours!
Nicky - Nov 30, 2019
Very rich
Emma - Nov 29, 2019
All round a hit with our family. Nice to do something a bit different
R - Nov 27, 2019
I really enjoyed this meal the flavours all complemented each other beautifully however I suspect it won't be for everyone as my fiance had two forkfulls before getting herself a bowl of cereal
Lisa - Nov 25, 2019
Love this can’t find it in recipes anymore to order again
M - Nov 23, 2019
Great flavour, too salty
Ben - Nov 23, 2019
Loved it! Very hearty and filling????really want to order it again but every time I check, it’s out of stock.
Michelle - Nov 21, 2019
Kids didn't like this
Faris - Nov 21, 2019
Do you like clove? If you do, then boy is this the dish for you. No need to have this again as its easily recreated by frying some chicken with a jar of cloves. Rice was nice though.
Samantha - Nov 20, 2019
Delicious!
Beverley - Nov 18, 2019
Love it!
Megan - Nov 18, 2019
Lovely!
Divina - Nov 17, 2019
I cooked with diced beef instead of chicken. A delicious hearty meal!
Michael - Nov 15, 2019
Different but very very tasty
Michael - Nov 15, 2019
Different but very very tasty
Tanja - Nov 15, 2019
Had a flour-like consistency. But loved the peanuts
Anny - Nov 15, 2019
Impossible to find okra! Also I would like more peanut butter. But very nice however
WC - Nov 15, 2019
Watery
Julia - Nov 15, 2019
Really enjoyed this dish, a real change
Betty - Nov 14, 2019
Nice but quite peanutty
Chris - Nov 13, 2019
Surprisingly good and very different . Kids loved it also ! Enjoyed this loads
Simon - Nov 13, 2019
Wow - amazing depth of flavour!
trevor - Nov 13, 2019
Lovely, very unusual
Rachel - Nov 11, 2019
Amazing, would order again!
Christine - Nov 11, 2019
One of my favourite dishes. Made it with pork instead of chicken this time for a change
Kate - Nov 07, 2019
Cloves were far too over powering in the Mali spices and ruined the taste of the dish I’m afraid, if this was reduced would be really enjoyable!
Roseanne - Nov 07, 2019
Very tasty
Romany - Nov 07, 2019
Really surprised how much we enjoyed this. Made a nice change and lovely at this time of year with some crusty bread. I made it in the slow cooker which was super easy!
Mark - Nov 05, 2019
Surprised by just how good this was!
Joanna - Nov 04, 2019
A great tasting dish, quick and easy. I didn’t have okra so I used fine beans, peas and sweet corn. Kids loved it. PLEASE BRING IT BACK
Angela - Nov 04, 2019
Would never have tried this, daughters choice and she cooked it!! Really simple heartwarming meal
Charlotte - Nov 03, 2019
Not my favourite, tasted of cloves which I do not like
Lisa - Nov 03, 2019
Really tasty
Karen - Nov 02, 2019
Lovely
Kate - Nov 02, 2019
Very heavy
Gracia - Nov 01, 2019
I really enjoyed this dish: something different to what I am used to. It's the first time I cook okra, which I love, and use peanut butter as an ingredient for cooking. The result is an indulgent stew. The only downside is that it is a bit too salty
Sharon - Oct 31, 2019
Great flavours but missing some heat. Something different and tasty. Thumbs up.
Daniel - Oct 31, 2019
A little sickly for my taste
Craig - Oct 30, 2019
It too sweet
Ashley - Oct 30, 2019
Flavours were nice but did not like the ochre! Too slimy
Nicola - Oct 29, 2019
Nice but could have done with a bit more spice
Jonathan - Oct 28, 2019
Added baby corn and broccoli. I love this.
Andrew - Oct 27, 2019
Ab Fab! Nicest yet. Rich and flavoursome with spicy undertones
Georgia - Oct 26, 2019
Delicious!
Jane - Oct 26, 2019
Pre cooked chicken thighs to add in, used crunchie peanut butter and couldn’t find okra so used a red pepper because I like them so to me this was great. The lemon squeeze at the end makes it too.