West African Groundnut Stew

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken, cut in cubes
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 2 onions, chopped fine
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 dash hot pepper sauce (optional)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup reduced-fat peanut butter
• 4 cups assorted chopped vegetables, such as zucchini,mushrooms and peppers

Recipe

• 1 in a large heavy pot, heat oil.
• 2 roll chicken in flour and brown in oil with nutmeg and chili powder.
• 3 when chicken is browned, add onions and garlic, tomato paste, water, hot sauce (if using) and salt.
• 4 stir well.
• 5 mix the boiling water with the peanut butter and add to pot.
• 6 simmer covered over low heat until tender, about 45-60 minutes.
• 7 about halfway through cooking, add chopped vegetables.
• 8 if stew is too watery, mix 2-3 tbsp of corn startch with cold water to make a thickening paste and add to stew.
• 9 serve over a bed of rice.