West African Groundnut Peanut Stew
From nflatte 14 years ago
- 70 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This dish has won raves for people I've cooked it for. The flavors are exotic. Like many stews, it's best the next day (but still tastes terrific the day it's made!) A novel way of cooking inexpensive chicken parts.
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 to 2 lbs. skinned chicken parts (I use thighs or leg quarters split into thighs and drumsticks; you can use skinless thighs as well, but not breasts) shopping list
- 1 large or 2 medium onions, chopped shopping list
- 1-2 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- dried red peppers (crushed) or cayenne pepper (to taste) shopping list
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger shopping list
- 1 can (14-oz) stewed tomatoes (plain) or diced tomatoes shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 2 cups water shopping list
- 1 plantain, chopped (I like riper plantains in this) shopping list
- 1 sweet potato, chopped shopping list
- ¾ to 1 cup natural peanut butter shopping list
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil shopping list
- salt and pepper to taste shopping list
- cooked rice shopping list
How to make it
- In 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat, brown chicken or beef (need not be completely cooked through).
- Remove when done.
- In same pot, add 1 tablespoon oil and onions over medium heat. Cook until soft.
- Add garlic and cook for another minute or two, being careful not to let garlic burn.
- Add tomatoes, ginger, pepper, and salt.
- Sauté for a couple of minutes.
- Add water and reserved chicken.
- Turn heat up to high and add plantain and sweet potato.
- Bring to a boil, then turn heat down and simmer (covered) for 30-40 minutes, until meat is tender.
- Remove about ¼ to ½ cup of stew liquid and mix it with peanut butter in a bowl.
- Stir peanut butter mixture back into stew.
- Cover and simmer for another 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
- If needed, add more water to thin stew.
- Season to taste with more salt and red and/or black pepper.
- Serve over rice.
People Who Like This Dish 5
- joe1155 Munchen, DE
- mbeards2 Omaha, NE
- valinkenmore Malott, WA
- binky67 Ellicott City, MD
- trev Bogangar, AU
- nflatte Muncie, IN
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This sounds so different and yummy. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks for the post!
valinkenmore
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I have a few recipes that I very eager to try, although I haven't yet had the change. Nevertheless, I am going to put this one to the top of the list. Mmmmm, ..... I must try this urgently - like tonight!
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