West African Peanut Chicken Stew
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West African Peanut Chicken Stew

by The BBQ Guy • @thebbqguy

West African african favorite — West African Peanut Chicken Stew comes together with 5 ingredients in about 75 minutes.

Prep

20 min

Cook

55 min

Serves

5

Difficulty

Hard

Ingredients

  • 2 lbchicken thighs
  • 1 cuppeanut butter
  • 2 sweet potatoes, cubed
  • 3 tbsptomato paste
  • 1 bunchcollard greens

Instructions

  1. 1

    Brown the chicken thighs in a heavy pot over medium-high heat in batches, then set aside.

  2. 2

    Cook peanut butter and sweet potatoes in the same pot until softened and fragrant.

  3. 3

    Return the chicken thighs, add the liquid, and scrape up every browned bit from the bottom.

  4. 4

    Simmer partly covered on low, 35-45 minutes, until everything is tender and the sauce has body.

  5. 5

    Taste and adjust salt and acid at the end — that's what makes West African Peanut Chicken Stew taste finished.

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