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Muamba Nsusu (Congo Chicken Soup)

Muamba Nsusu (Congo Chicken Soup) is a traditional Congolese recipe for a classic stew of chicken in a tomato-based sauce thickened with peanut butter and flavoured with red palm oil. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Congolese version of: Congo Chicken Soup (Muamba Nsusu).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

60 minutes

Total Time:

80 minutes

Serves:

8

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Chilli RecipesChicken RecipesFowl RecipesCongo Recipes



This is a Congolese version of the ubiquitous Chicken and tomatoes peanut soup common to almost all of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ingredients:

1 chicken, cut into serving-sized pieces.
1 large onion, chopped
1 small tin, tomato paste
120ml peanut butter
2 scotch bonnet chillies, pounded to a paste
palm oil

Method:

Add about 1l of water to a large pot and bring to a boil. Add the chicken and continue boiling until the meat has cooked.

Meanwhile, gently fry the onion in about 4 tbsp palm oil, cooking until the onion is tender.

When the chicken is done, remove from the broth (keep this on a low simmer), allow to cool a little and remove the meat from the bones. Take 200ml of the chicken broth and combine with the peanut butter and tomato, stirring to a smooth paste.

Return the chicken meat to the broth then add the peanut butter paste. Stir and continue to simmer until the soup has thickened.

Serve with rice, Baton de Manioc or FuFu and accompanied by a hot sauce.