Ghanaian Garden Egg Stew Side
West African garden egg simmered in a tomato-onion stew with chile and a little peanut for body.
⏱ 40 min total🔪 15 min prep🔥 25 min cookEasyServes 6West African
Ingredients
- •1 1/2 lb garden egg, quartered
- •3 tomatoes, diced
- •1 medium yellow onion, diced
- •2 tbsp vegetable oil
- •1 fresh chili, minced
- •2 tbsp peanut butter
- •1 cup water
- •1 tsp salt
Directions
- 1Heat vegetable oil and cook onion for 5 minutes.
- 2Add tomatoes and chili and cook for 6 minutes.
- 3Stir in peanut butter, water, and salt.
- 4Add garden egg and cover the pot.
- 5Simmer for 12 minutes until the garden egg is tender.
- 6Uncover and simmer 2 minutes more if the sauce is loose.
💡 Garden egg is an eggplant-type vegetable, not a chicken egg; keep the ingredient wording exact.
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