Zimbabwean Food

Zimbabwean Food

Zimbabwean
Chicken Stew with Sadza
Dumplings

Ingredients
(Serves 4, 1,099 kcals, 54.5g protein)
Stew
2 onions, finely chopped
50g butter
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 finely chopped chilli pepper
8 pieces of chicken, approx 675g (4 thighs and 4 drumsticks) skin removed
2 red peppers, roughly chopped
2 x 400g cans of chopped tomatoes
200ml water
200g smooth peanut butter

Dumplings
1.25 litres water
500g white cornmeal (maize meal)

Method
• Fry onions in large sauté pan with butter, add garlic and chilli pepper.
• Add chicken pieces and brown, add red pepper.
• Combine tomatoes and chicken mixture with 125ml of cold water, simmer for 10mins.
• Add remaining hot water to peanut butter to thin and add to chicken. Simmer for 15 minutes.
• Bring 750ml of water to the boil.
• Mix the remaining 500ml of cold water with 250g of the cornmeal.
• Add cornmeal paste to the boiling water and stir constantly to avoid lumps. Cook for 3 minutes.
• Stir in remaining 250g of dry cornmeal, a little at a time, over heat.
• Cool slightly, with wet hands shape dumplings into balls and serve with stew.