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Tanzanian Curried Chicken-Banana Soup

Piquant, sweet, aromatic, and succulent all at once -- this is a wonderful soup, reflective of the hot African sun of its origin.

Courses: Soup
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

4 tablespoons 60mlPeanut oil
1   Chicken - (abt 3 lbs) - cut into pieces
1   Onion - chopped
2   Garlic cloves - chopped
2 tablespoons 30mlCurry powder
1 tablespoon 15mlDried red chile - ground to a powder
2 teaspoons 10mlFreshly-ground black pepper
8 cups 1896mlChicken stock
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozTomato - peeled, chopped (large)
  (or 4 canned tomatoes)
1 cup 93g / 3.3ozGrated coconut - (DON'T USE
  SWEETENED!)
2   Bananas - sliced into
  Chunky quarter pieces

Recipe Instructions

In a Dutch oven, brown the chicken pieces in the oil. Remove chicken, reserving, and add the onion and garlic to the pot. Saute until soft, then stir in the powdered chile, the curry, and the black pepper and fry for 2 more minutes. Add the tomatoes, stock, chicken pieces, and coconut, bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.

When the chicken is done, remove, let cool, then strip away the meat and cut it into bite-sized chunks, discarding the skin and bones. Add it back into the pot with the banana chunks. Simmer 10 minutes.

When ready to serve, ladle into bowls.

Serve hot to 4 people as a filling meal, with a frosty drink on the side to offset the red hot pepper.

Source:
Soup Of The Evening...Beautiful Soup at http://www.soupsong.com

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