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Ndole (Cameroonian Bitter Leaf and Peanut Soup)

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Servings: 5–6 Difficulty: medium

Categories: Soup

Tags: cameroonian, medium difficulty, recipes for soup, recipes using beef, recipes using bitterleaf, recipes using dehydrated broth, recipes using garlic, recipes using ground crayfish, recipes using onion, recipes using salt, recipes using spinach, recipes with images

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ANdole_%28Cameroonian_Bitter_Leaf_and_Peanut_Soup%29)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ANdole%20%28Cameroonian%20Bitter%20Leaf%20and%20Peanut%20Soup%29&oldid=4518463

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • ½ pound stew beef, diced
  • Salt
  • 2 tablespoons maggi (stock cube)
  • 3 large onion, sliced
  • ½ pound stockfish (optional)
  • 2 cups shelled and peeled peanuts
  • 4–5 cloves garlic
  • ¾ cup ground crayfish
  • 1 pound bitter leaves or spinach
  • 2–3 cups oil
  • ½ pound shrimp

Directions

  1. Season the beef in a big pot with salt, maggi, and one-third of the onions, then boil until the meat is soft.
  2. In the meantime, boil the stockfish with salt and water, then add it to the cooked beef. From the meat and stockfish you should get roughly 3 cups. Freeze or reserve the remainder.
  3. In a saucepan, boil the peanuts for around 10 minutes. Let it cool before pulsing or mixing it in a blender. Add to the meat and stockfish mixture.
  4. Grind half the remaining onion and garlic to a paste, then stir into the meat and peanut mixture.
  5. Add the crayfish, then boil it for 10 minutes, stirring often to avoid burning. Season with salt and maggi to taste. Later, you might need to add more.
  6. Add spinach or bitter leaves to the soup. Stir and continue to simmer for few minutes.
  7. Heat the oil in a frying pan while the ndole is simmering. Add the shrimp and stir continuously until they start to turn pink. Add all the remaining onions and stir again for a few more minutes.
  8. Add the shrimp and onion mixture to the soup pot, and stir continuously for about 2 minutes
  9. Serve hot.

Equipment

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