Groundnut Stew

Peanut stew with chicken and sweet potato.

Ingredients

• 1 kg Chicken
• 1 cup Peanut butter
• 3 tbsp Tomato paste
• 2 Onions
• 2 Sweet potato
• 1 Scotch bonnet
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 2 tbsp Ginger
• 4 tbsp Oil
• 2 tsp Salt
• 5 cups Water

Method

1. Brown the chicken — Sear the chicken in oil until coloured.
2. Build the base — Add onion, garlic, ginger and tomato paste and cook 5 minutes.
3. Loosen the peanut butter — Whisk it with hot water until smooth before it goes in the pot.
4. Simmer — Add the peanut liquid and cook gently 45 minutes, stirring often.
5. Add sweet potato — Add the chunks and cook 25 minutes until the oil separates and floats.
6. Groundnut Stew is ready — Season and serve with rice.

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