Ghanaian Palm Nut Soup

Name: Ghanaian Palm Nut Soup
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Ghanaian
Ingredients: 2 cups fresh palm nuts, boiled and pounded; 400g beef or fish; 2 chilies; 1 onion, chopped

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About this dish

A rich, orange soup made from pressed palm nuts, cooked with meat or fish.

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Ingredients

🌴2 cups fresh palm nuts, boiled and pounded

🥩400g beef or fish

🌶️2 chilies

🧅1 onion, chopped

Method

Serves 3

Boil and pound the palm nuts, then extract the thick orange liquid.

Simmer the meat with onion until nearly cooked.

Add the palm nut liquid and simmer until it thickens.

Add chili and season with salt.

Serve with fufu or rice balls.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Palm nut soup is a beloved Ghanaian dish, valued for its rich, distinctive flavor from fresh palm fruit rather than palm oil.

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