Tastes Like Chicken! Recipes
(From Chicken Recipes Compiled Since 1992)

Chicken In Groundnut Sauce

Category: Main dishes

Servings: 8

Description: "Groundnut" is another name for the peanut. In this African dish, peanut butter thickens and flavors a spicy, hot tomato sauce that coats the chicken.

Ingredients:

• 1 can (1 oz) anchovy fillets
• 2 T peanut or vegetable oil
• 2 1/2 to 3 lb broiler-fryer whole chicken, cut up
• 1 C hot water
• 2 T tomato paste
• 1 can (14 1/2 oz) whole tomatoes (with liquid)
• 1 med onion, sliced
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
• 3 to 4 dried chiles, crumbled
• 1 T chopped candied ginger or 1/4 t grated ginger root
• 1 1/2 t chili powder
• 1/2 t salt
• 1 to 1 1/2 C crunchy peanut butter

Instructions:

1. Drain oil from anchovies into Dutch oven and add peanut oil. Heat until hot. Cook chicken over medium heat until brown on all sides, about 15 minutes. Remove chicken. Drain fat from Dutch oven. Heat anchovies, water, tomato paste, tomatoes, onion, garlic, dried chiles, ginger, chili powder and salt to boiling in Dutch oven. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Add chicken. Cover and simmer 45 minutes. Stir some of hot liquid into peanut butter. Stir back into chicken mixture. Turn chicken to coat with sauce. Cover and cook until chicken is done, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve with selection of Accompaniments and garnish with whole chiles.
2. NOTE: Fried sliced plantains, chopped raw peanuts, chutney, chopped tomatoes, diced green pepper, chopped onion, diced cucumber.