Chichinga

Name: Chichinga
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Ghanaian
Ingredients: 600g beef, thinly sliced; 1/2 cup ground peanuts; 2 tbsp ground chile and ginger; Salt, to taste

Chichinga/chee-CHEEN-gah/

Also known as: Ghanaian Kebab

About this dish

Skewered, spiced grilled beef, coated with a ground peanut and chile spice mix, a popular Ghanaian street snack.

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Ingredients

🥩600g beef, thinly sliced

🥜1/2 cup ground peanuts

🌶️2 tbsp ground chile and ginger

🧂Salt, to taste

Method

Serves 2

Thread thin beef strips onto skewers.

Mix ground peanuts, chile, ginger, and salt into a dry spice coating.

Grill the skewers over charcoal, coating generously with the spice mix as they cook.

Continue grilling until charred and cooked through.

Serve hot with sliced onion and tomato.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Chichinga is a Ghanaian street food skewer, similar to suya but with its own distinct regional spice blend.

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