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Chalé Sauce

Chalé Sauce is a traditional Ghanaian recipe for a sauce of tomatoes, garlic, ginger, onion and chillies served with lamb chops. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ghanaian version of: Chalé Sauce.

prep time

10 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

20 minutes

Serves:

4

Rating:

Tags : Sauce RecipesLamb RecipesGambia Recipes

Chalé is a basic everyday sauce from Ghanaian that, once made, can very easily be turned into a meal. Quick, simple and punchy, this recipe is perfect to make in large quantities for big batch cooking. Here I give you the basic recipe for chalé and show you how to very simply turn it into a meal with lamb chops and shaved spring onions.

Ingredients:

For the Chalé Sauce:
400g (14 oz) tin chopped tomatoes
2 tbsp tomato purée
1 onion, coarsely chopped
a thumb-sized piece ginger, grated
1 scotch bonnet chilli, de-seeded and shredded
3 garlic cloves
1 tbsp chilli flakes
1 tsp sea salt

For the Chops:
8 thin lamb chops (2 per person)
16 spring onions

Method:

Put all of the ingredients for the chalé sauce into a food processor and whizz until you have a smooth paste.

At this point you can freeze the sauce for later use, or cook it as below.

For a really quick meal, grill some lamb chops, heat the sauce in a pan. Divide the sauce between bowls, top with the chops and some shredded spring onions then serve.