Chicken Stew with Peanut Butter

Chicken Stew with Peanut Butter Ingredients

2 tablespoons Peanut oil	3 cloves Garlic
1 small Onion coarsely chopped	1/4 teaspoon Red pepper flakes
4 Chicken thighs	2 medium Sweet potatoes peeled, halved lenthwise, and each half cut across into 4 pieces
2 1/2 teaspoons Kosher Salt	3/4 lb Spinach stemmed, washed well, and cut across into narrow strips
Black pepper to taste	2 tablespoons Fresh lemon juice
2/3 cup Peanut butter crunchy	Hot pepper sauce to taste
3 cups Chicken stock

Instructions for Chicken Stew with Peanut Butter

In a tall narrow stockpot, heat the oil over medium heat. Stir in the onion and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste, add to the onions, and cook, partially covered, for 8 minutes. Stir the chicken, turning the pieces over, and cook, partially covered, for 7 more minutes. Be careful not to burn the onions.

While the chicken is cooking, in a medium bowl, stir together the peanut butter and 1 cup stock until smooth. Stir in the remaining stock. Combine the garlic and red pepper and point or chop as fine as possible - almost to a paste - using a mortar and pestle or a knife. Stir the garlic mixture into the stock mixture.

Stir the stock mixture into the post. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer, partially covered, for 10 minutes.

Stir in the sweet potatoes. Poke the solids down into the pot so the potato and chicken are covered by the liquid. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer, partially covered, for 15 to 18 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.

Stir in the spinach and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes, or until wilted. Season with the remaining salt, pepper to taste, the lemon juice, and hot red pepper sauce.

The chicken can be left on the bone, the skin on or off, or it can be skimmed out of the soup, removed from the bone and the skin discarded, torn into bite-sized pieces, and returned to the soup.

Because this soup is so rich and thick, we serve it over rice.

Main Ingredient: ChickenCuisine: African

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