Chicken Peanut Soup

This is a famous West African soup. Centuries ago, peanuts were introduced into West Africa from South America via the Portuguese and supplanted the native bambara groundnuts. At the same time, in much of Ghana, the prevalence of the tsetse fly made cattle-rearing impossible, which led to a diet without milk and dairy products. Thus, to make rich, creamy soups or stews, thickeners like ground legumes, nuts or seeds, pureed vegetables or okra, or palm butter were used. Ground peanuts