MAFE AFRICAN STEW RECIPE AND MUKBANG

2020-02-28 · YouTube · Foodie Beauty · 17 min

Chantal cooks and eats mafe (a West African peanut stew) in a cook-with-me mukbang. She browns stewing beef with onion and garlic, fries tomato paste, adds Jumbo bouillon cubes and root vegetables (Yukon Gold potatoes and carrots), peanut butter, and broth, then simmers until oil separates. She serves the stew with rice, a small romaine-and-tomato salad with shredded cheese and creamy cucumber dressing, sriracha, pickled beets, and kimchi. While eating she chats about applying for an apartment, a possible temporary stay at her uncle's house in Florida, not wanting to move her cats (Sam), building bugs in affordable Ottawa apartments, and other food plans (plantains, Annie's mac and cheese, shepherd's pie).

Video guide

  1. 0:50 — Cooking: browning beef and frying tomato paste
  2. 1:43 — Adding bouillon and root vegetables; simmering
  3. 2:39 — Introduction and description of mafe
  4. 3:13 — Plating: salad, dressing, sriracha, and sides
  5. 4:28 — Mukbang: tasting salad, kimchi, and stew
  6. 5:47 — Storytime: apartment application and viewing anxiety
  7. 8:22 — Considering staying at uncle's house vs. keeping the cats
  8. 12:44 — Food memories and future cooking plans
  9. 16:44 — Wrap-up and thanks

People, places, food, and other named details

  • Person — Bebe: Person mentioned as having introduced Chantal to mafe; appears in conversation but not necessarily on-screen.
  • Person — BB: Person referenced as someone who would care for Chantal's cats and who she mentions in relation to past videos and cooking.
  • Pet — Sam: One of Chantal's cats; described as traumatized by a hotel room and reliant on daily attention.
  • Cuisine — West African stew: Mafe/mafet: a rich West African stew made with tomato paste, peanut butter, root vegetables, meat, and broth.
  • Food — mafe: The stew cooked and eaten on camera.
  • Food — stewing beef: Beef browned as the protein base for the stew.
  • Food — peanut butter: Ingredient in mafe; Chantal specifies unsweetened peanut butter.
  • Food — tomato paste: Fried with the meat to reduce acidity.
  • Food — Jumbo bouillon cubes: Bouillon cubes Chantal uses for the stew; purchased at an African store.
  • Food — Yukon Gold potatoes: Root vegetable used in the stew.
  • Food — carrots: Root vegetable used in the stew.
  • Food — rice: Starch served with the stew; Chantal notes traditionally short grain rice is used but she has long grain.
  • Food — side salad: Small salad of romaine, tomato, shredded cheese with creamy cucumber dressing served alongside the stew.
  • Food — sriracha: Hot sauce used on the meal.
  • Food — pickled beets: Pickled side item Chantal tries during the mukbang.
  • Food — kimchi: Kimchi from the fridge that Chantal samples cautiously.
  • Food — plantains: Previously eaten and mentioned as filling.
  • Food — Annie's grass-fed cheddar and shells: Packaged mac and cheese Chantal mentions wanting to have/make.
  • Food — shepherd's pie: Dish referenced as a past meal that was finished and liked by BB.
  • Place — Popeye's: Fast-food chain Chantal drove past while out.

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