Peanut Buttery Sweet Potato, Spinach & Mushroom Stew

Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total time: 1 hour and 10 minutes
Yield: 4-6 servings

Ingredients

1 onion, peeled and chopped
4 tablespoons/60ml peanut oil
2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
2 teaspoons/10ml grated root ginger
1/4 teaspoon/1.25ml cayenne pepper
12 ounces/350g sweet potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 tablespoon/15ml mild curry paste
3 tablespoons/45ml tomato purée
About 2 cups/500ml vegetable stock
1 tablespoon/15ml brown sugar
8 ounces/225g mushrooms, quartered
8 ounces/225g spinach leaves, washed and trimmed
1/4 cup/60ml Old Fashioned Smooth peanut butter
2 tablespoons/30ml heavy/whipping cream (optional)
2 tablespoons/30 ml coriander, chopped
salt and pepper, to taste
coriander sprigs, for garnish

Procedure

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the onion, garlic, ginger and cayenne and fry gently for 10 minutes.

2. Add the curry paste to the onion mixture and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add the sweet potatoes, stir to coat with the onion mixture, and fry for 3-4 minutes.

3. Mix the tomato purée and sugar with the stock and add to the saucepan. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the sweet potatoes are almost tender.

4. Roughly shred the spinach leaves. Add the mushrooms and spinach to the stew and cook for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked through.

5. Mix a few spoonfuls of the stew juices with the peanut butter to soften it, and then add to the vegetables. To take the edge off the curry even more, you can add some heavy cream.

6. Add the coriander, season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve garnished with coriander sprigs.

Serving Suggestion: Rice is ideal for this dish, since it soaks up all the sauce and flavor!

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Peanut Buttery Sweet Potato, Spinach & Mushroom Stew

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Number of servings: 6

Per Serving 242 calories

Fat 15 g

Carbs 24 g

Protein 7 g

6

Ingredients

• 1 onion, peeled and chopped
• 4 tablespoons peanut oil
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
• 2 teaspoons grated root ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 12 ounces sweet potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1 tablespoon mild curry paste
• 3 tablespoons tomato purée
• About 2 cups vegetable stock
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 8 ounces mushrooms, quartered
• 8 ounces spinach leaves, washed and trimmed
• 1/4 cup Old Fashioned Smooth Peanut Butter & Co. peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons ml coriander, chopped
• salt and pepper, to taste
• coriander sprigs, for garnish

Instructions

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the onion, garlic, ginger and cayenne and fry gently for 10 minutes.

Peanut Buttery Sweet Potato, Spinach & Mushroom Stew - Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the onion, garlic, ginger and cayenne and fry gently for 10 minutes

2. Add the curry paste to the onion mixture and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add the sweet potatoes, stir to coat with the onion mixture, and fry for 3-4 minutes.

Peanut Buttery Sweet Potato, Spinach & Mushroom Stew - Add the curry paste to the onion mixture and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add the sweet potatoes, stir to coat with the onion mixture, and fry for 3-4 minutes.

3. Mix the tomato purée and sugar with the stock and add to the saucepan. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the sweet potatoes are almost tender.

Peanut Buttery Sweet Potato, Spinach & Mushroom Stew - Mix the tomato purée and sugar with the stock and add to the saucepan.

4. Roughly shred the spinach leaves. Add the mushrooms and spinach to the stew and cook for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked through.

Peanut Buttery Sweet Potato, Spinach & Mushroom Stew - Roughly shred the spinach leaves. Add the mushrooms and spinach to the stew and cook for 5 minutes

5. Mix a few spoonfuls of the stew juices with the peanut butter to soften it, and then add to the vegetables. To take the edge off the curry even more, you can add some heavy cream.

Peanut Buttery Sweet Potato, Spinach & Mushroom Stew - Mix a few spoonfuls of the stew juices with the peanut butter to soften it, and then add to the vegetables

6. Add the coriander, season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve garnished with coriander sprigs.

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