Sauce d'Arachide (Peanut Sauce) is a traditional Beninese recipe for a classic sauce of onion, peanut butter and tomato paste flavoured with ground chillies that's served with meat on a bed of rice. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Beninese version of: Peanut Sauce (Sauce d'Arachide).
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Ingredients:
3 tbsp groundnut oil
1/2 tsp hot chilli powder
1 Maggi (or stock) cube
120ml peanut butter (smooth, unswetened)
1 small tin tomato paste
120ml water
100g onion, chopped
Method:
Fry the onion in the oil until soft then add the chilli powder, salt, and Maggi cube. Fry for a few minutes more then add the peanut butter and water and stir to a smooth paste.
Bring to a boil and serve on a bed of rice with fried beef, goat, fish etc.