Best 4 Spinach And Groundnuts Peanuts Eastern Africa Recipes

SPINACH AND PEANUTS

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add spinach and cook and stir until wilted.
• Stir in the coconut and finely chopped peanuts; heat through.
• Add salt and pepper to taste (if using salted peanuts, use salt sparingly).

SPINACH AND GROUNDNUTS (PEANUTS - EASTERN AFRICA)

Steps:

• Cook spinach in 1 T. water until tender.
• Meanwhile, fry onions in oil until golden.
• Add onions to spinach with peanuts and 2 T. water. Mix well. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer several minutes to blend flavors.
• NOTE: This would work w/other greens too: pumpkin, bean, sweet potato and casava leaves.

SAUTEED SPINACH WITH PEANUTS

Steps:

• In a large non-stick skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté spinach with peanuts, red pepper flakes, and soy sauce, stirring, until tender, about 1 minute. Sprinkle spinach with salt and pepper.

WEST AFRICAN PEANUT STEW WITH SWEET POTATO & SPINACH

Steps:

• Cook the rice according to package instructions.
• While the rice cooks, make the stew. Set a medium soup pot or Dutch oven over medium-low heat. When hot, add the olive oil and the onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 6-8 minutes. Add the garlic, cumin, and coriander and cook, stirring frequently, for 1 minute.
• Add the broth, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, ginger, cayenne, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil. Once the stew comes to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered until the sweet potatoes are tender, 8-10 minutes.
• Stir in the peanut butter and the spinach. Stew is done when the peanut butter has distributed and the spinach has wilted, about 2 minutes. Taste and add more salt and pepper if you like.
• Serve with a scoop of brown rice and garnish with cilantro and peanuts.