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Vegan Slow Cooker Peanut Stew (Maafe-Inspired)

Slow cooker peanut stew is vegan comfort food at it's finest! With chickpeas, sweet potatoes, and peanut butter, it's inspired by the West African peanut stew, maafe. You can assemble this ahead and freeze as a crockpot freezer meal.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time6 hours
Total Time6 hours 15 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: African
Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian
Servings: 8
Calories: 263kcal
Author: Denise Bustard

Ingredients

  • 15 oz can of chickpeas drained & rinsed
  • 4 cups vegetable stock
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • ½ teaspoon ground coriander
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne
  • 15 oz can of diced tomatoes including juices
  • 4-5 cups sweet potatoes peeled & cut into 2 inch cubes; roughly 2 medium sweet potatoes
  • ½ cup all natural peanut butter
  • 1 onion diced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 inch ginger finely grated

Just before serving

  • 4 handfulls spinach

Instructions

  • Combine ingredients- To the insert of a 5 quart or larger slow cooker, add the chickpeas, vegetable stock, salt, cumin, coriander, cayenne, diced tomatoes, sweet potatoes, peanut butter, onion, garlic and ginger. Stir to combine.
    ingredients for peanut stew in the slow cooker before cooking
  • Cook- Place the lid on your slow cooker and cook on low for 6 hours.
    slow cooker with 6 hours programmed on display
  • Add spinach- Add four handfulls of spinach to the slow cooker, then stir and put the lid back on. Set it to cook on high for 15 more minutes.
    hand holding fresh spinach
  • Mash- Using a potato masher, mash up the sweet potatoes to thicken the stew. This is not necessary, and you can skip this step if you'd prefer.
    potato masher in slow cooker
  • Serve- Enjoy with bread for dunking, or one of the toppings suggested in note 1.

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Notes

Note 1- serving suggestions: toasted bread or naan bread, rice or quinoa, Greek yogurt, coconut yogurt, or sour cream, cilantro, sriracha, fresh peanuts
Storage
Leftovers may be stored in the fridge for up to 4 days. They can be frozen for up to 3 months.
Crockpot Freezer Meal
  1. Assemble all ingredients except for the stock in a good quality gallon-sized freezer bag.
  2. Squeeze out as much air as possible and freeze flat.
  3. Freeze for up to 3 months.
  4. Thaw completely before dumping into the slow cooker, adding the stock, and cooking as directed.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/8 of batch | Calories: 263kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 807mg | Potassium: 613mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 9835IU | Vitamin C: 8.8mg | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 3mg