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====== Beef Mafe (West African Peanut Stew) ======
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===== Ingredients: =====
  * 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  * 1 1/2 lb. beef stew meat
  * 1/2 tsp black pepper
  * 2 1/2 tsp salt
  * 1 onion
  * 2 stalks celery 
  * 6 cloves garlic
  * 1 Tb ginger
  * 1 6-oz. can tomato paste
  * 6 cups beef broth
  * 1/2 cup unsweetened nut butter (cashew works well)
  * 3 carrots
  * 1 eggplant
  * 1 sweet potato
  * 1 habanero pepper
  * rice

===== Directions: =====
  - Heat oil in pan. sprinkle beef with black pepper and salt.  Brown beef, then set aside.
  - Cook onions in beef drippings 4-5 minutes.
  - Add celery, garlic, and ginger.  Cook 1-2 minutes.
  - Add tomato paste.  Coook 4-5 minutes, stirring constantly.
  - Return beef to pot, along with 5 cups of the beef broth.  Bring to boil, then simmer 40 minutes.
  - Whisk nut butter with remaining 1 cup of broth.  Add to pot along with carrots, eggplant, sweet potato, and habanero.  Simmer 25-30 minutes.  Serve over rice.