African Chicken Peanut Stew

Preparation time: 20 minutes with 1hr 55mins cooking time

Serves : 6-8

Ingredients

·        2-3 pounds chicken  thighs, legs or wings

·        3 tbspn olive oil

·        1 large white onion, sliced

·        3-inch piece of ginger, peeled and minced

·        6-8 cloves of garlic, chopped

·        2-3 pounds of white sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks

·        1 15 ounce can of crushed tomatoes

·        1 litre chicken stock

·        1 cup peanut butter

·        1 cup roasted peanuts

·        1 tbspn cround coriander

·        1 teaspn cayenne or to taste

·        1 tbspn of Chilli powder or as much as you can handle.

Steps

1.     Brown the chicken. Heat the olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Salt the chicken pieces well, pat them dry and brown them in the oil. Then set aside. Tip: Do this in batches so the pot is not crowded.

2.     Saute the vegetables. Saute the onions in th eoil for 3-4 minutes, stirring often and scraping any browned bits off the bottom of the pot. Add the ginger and garlic and saute another 1-2 minutes, then add the sweet potatoes and stir well to combine.

3.     Cook stew. Add the chicken, chicken stock, crushed tomatoes, peanut butter, coriander and cayenne and stir well to combine. Bring to a simmer and taste for salt. Cover the pot and simmer gently until the chicken meat easily falls off the bone and the sweet potatoes are tender it, should take between 30 to 60minutes depending on the type of chicken used.

4.     Remove the bones and chop the cooked chicken. Remove the chicken pieces and set them aside to cool. Shred the meat off the bones and out the meat back in the pot.

5.     Add chilli powder and stir and serve with steamed rice.