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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (861g) Recipe makes 4 servings
Calories 965
Calories from Fat 584		(60%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 65.0g	99%
	Saturated Fat 25.1g	125%
	Monounsaturated Fat 22.8g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 12.4g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 169mg		56%
Sodium 845mg		35%
Potassium 1445mg		41%
Total Carbohydrate 43.2g		14%
	Dietary Fiber 7.3g	29%
	Sugars 19.0g
Protein 54.0g		108%
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Tanzanian Curried Chicken-Banana Soup

Recipe #21139 | 1¼ hours | 20 min prep | add private note

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By: 1Steve
Mar 2, 2002

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

SERVES 4 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

4 tablespoons peanut oil
1 (3 lb) chicken, cut into pieces
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tablespoons curry powder
1 tablespoon dried red chili pepper
2 teaspoons black pepper
8 cups chicken stock
1 large tomato, peeled and chopped
1 cup coconut, grated (DON'T USE SWEETENED!)
2 ripe bananas

Directions

1
In a Dutch oven, brown the chicken pieces in the oil.
2
Remove chicken, reserving, and add the onion and garlic to the pot.
3
Sauté until soft, then stir in the powdered chile, the curry, and the black pepper and fry for 2 more minutes.
4
Add the tomatoes, stock, chicken pieces, and coconut, bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
5
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.
6
Add it back into the pot with the banana chunks.
7
Simmer 10 minutes.
8
When ready to serve, ladle into bowls.

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From: Da Huz

On Sep 26, 2009

This was delicious! We followed the recipe except that we doubled the banana and used canned diced tomatoes. Good blend of spices, flavorful but not overpowering. We will definitely make this again!

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From: SplitPea

On Feb 29, 2008

We hosted an African dinner last night and had this soup as a starter. Everybody loved it: it is sweet and spicy, the chicken adds a little substance to it and the tomatos are just lovely. Will definitely make it again - a larger portion next time!

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From: rikkimike

On Jun 25, 2007

I love this soup! My only advice is, if you are using dried coconut, only use half the amount (or even less), otherwise the soup will be too rich. Great recipe

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From: Chef #183133

On Dec 26, 2004

easy, spectacularly tasty and delightfully different way to prepare chicken soup. i halved the recipe, used Curry Powder #52024 from this site, added diced potatoes, used chicken thighs (and stock made from the bones) and reduced the amount of red pepper (in the interest of survival). it was quite spicy, very slightly sweet, and a huge hit with myself and DH. he had thirds and gave me a high five in celebration

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