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Chicken Baked with Pumpkin and Peanuts
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Chicken Baked with Pumpkin and Peanuts

Recipes »  Main Dish  »  Poultry - Chicken

A Hearty Meal For Friends and Family

Yield: 6 Ready in 45 minutes

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Chicken

(2.5, 2) 50% would make again (reviews)

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 6
4 poundschicken pieces; both white and dark parts
2 largeonions; cut into 1-inch chunks
1 pumpkin or butternut squash; about 2 pounds, peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks
3/4 cupPeanut butter
1 teaspoonSalt; divided
1/2 teaspoonCayenne pepper; divided
1 1/2 cupChicken broth; very hot
1/4 cupLemon juice; divided
1/4 teaspoonBlack pepper
1/2 cuppeanuts; chopped

Chicken Baked with Pumpkin and Peanuts Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a 9 x 13 inch baking dish, place onions and pumpkin (or squash). In a medium bowl, stir together peanut butter, half of the salt and half of the cayenne pepper. Gradually stir in hot chicken broth, melting the peanut butter. Stir in half of the lemon juice. Pour over the pumpkin and onions.

Place chicken on top of the vegetables. Sprinkle chicken with remaining salt, cayenne pepper and lemon juice. Sprinkle black pepper over chicken.

Bake for 1 hour, until pumpkin is tender and fork can be inserted in chicken with ease. Sprinkle with peanuts.

Notes

Republished with Permission, National Chicken Council

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Calories Per Serving: 975
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Chicken Baked with Pumpkin and Peanuts Reviews

Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]
Really bland. Tried twice, second time with some extra spices. Still really bland.
2 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 22 hours, 8 minutes ago
Republished with Permission, National Chicken Council
[I posted this recipe.]
7 years, 10 months, 2 weeks, 1 hours, 29 minutes ago

Tags

  1. Winter
  2. Thanksgiving
  3. Fall
  4. Bake
  5. Main Dish
  6. American
  7. Chicken
  8. Dinner
  9. Savory

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