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Which wine pairs best with African Rice and Peanut Stew?

2/18/2020

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I needed a good reason to recycle this blog post.  It's one of my winter go-to recipes.  Let's celebrate "Drink Wine Day" by pairing wine with African Rice (or quinoa) and Peanut Stew.  If you search the Internet you'll no doubt find a handful of recipes for this dish, all varying a little bit but all high in fiber, filling ingredents, and warm spices.  This is my version of the well-known dish.
African Rice (or quinoa) and Peanut Stew
This meatless stew is high in fiber and phytonutrients from all the different plant-based ingredients!  It's super filling, loaded with flavor and it even freezes well so you can make it once and enjoy it for several meals.

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Consulting our trusty wine guide - Wine Folly
According to the fancy diagram in Wine Folly: The Essiential Guide to Wine, a Rosé or Medium Red wine would pair best with African Rice and Peanut Stew.  That is, if we even read it right.  To be straight, I'm a dietitian and not a sommolier.  I've gone wine tasting once and took a wine pairing class once.  It was loads of fun and really interesting but I'm just not that fancy.  You can drink any wine you want, really, with whatever you want however I do recommend staying at or below the recommended level of alcohol for adult males or females.
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RECIPE
​Spicy Vegetarian Quinoa and Peanut Stew

1-3 tbsp. Canola or olive oil
1 large sweet onion, diced
1 large sweet potato, diced
2-4 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tsp. thyme
1 tsp. cumin
4 cups chicken or veggie broth
1-2 cups cooked quinoa (you can use cooked brown rice instead if you'd like)
2 14-oz cans Mexican style diced, crushed or stewed tomatoes
1 14-oz cans garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
3 medium zucchini, cut into ¼ inch pieces
½ cup of chunky or creamy peanut butter
*cilantro
*greek yogurt

  1. heat oil, cook sweet potato, zucchini, and onion
  2. add garlic and cook for 2 minutes
  3. stir in broth, thyme and cumin and bring to a boil
  4. reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes or until veggies are tender – stir often
  5. stir in tomatoes and garbanzo beans
  6. simmer another 5 minutes to heat thoroughly
  7. stir in quinoa (or rice)
  8. stir in peanut butter until melted evenly
  9. serve and garnish with cilantro and a dollop of greek yogurt (or sour cream if you must).

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​~ Courtney

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5 Comments
Emily link
11/5/2012 10:18:41 am

This sounds delicious! I should start incorporating more meatless dishes. :)

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Courtney
11/5/2012 01:24:30 pm

Hey Emily! I changed the recipe a bit to match the photo. I made a few substitutions tonight. Used quinoa instead of rice. I think I'll do this from now on. It's soooo good this way!

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Laura
2/7/2013 05:33:33 pm

I gave this recipe a try despite my concern with mixing tomatoes and peanut butter. So glad I did because it is amazing!!! Even better the next day once the spices settled in. And don't got easy on the peanut butter...it is the best part! Yum!!

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Deanna Denny
12/5/2016 06:30:02 pm

Perfect dish for the winter time loved it highly recommend

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Troy Sosa link
12/17/2020 02:03:48 am

This is greeat

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