Best Peanut Chicken Stew Recipes

WEST AFRICAN-STYLE PEANUT STEW WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Season chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt and the black pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add half the chicken; cook until no longer pink, 2 to 3 minutes, then transfer to a plate. Repeat with 1 tablespoon oil and remaining chicken.
• Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to the pot and reduce heat to medium. Add onion; cook until softened, about 3 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, coriander, cumin, turmeric, cinnamon, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt; cook, stirring, 30 seconds.
• Stir in broth, tomatoes, sweet potato, collard greens, and red bell peppers; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer, partially covered, until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Return chicken and accumulated juices to the pot. Return to a boil, then stir in peanut butter; simmer until incorporated and chicken is cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes. Garnish with chopped peanuts.

CHICKEN AND SWEET POTATO PEANUT STEW

Steps:

• Season chicken with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt.
• In 5-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over high heat. Add chicken; cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned. Using slotted spoon, remove chicken from Dutch oven. Reduce heat to medium; add onions. Cook 4 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add gingerroot, garlic and jalapeño chile. Cook and stir 1 minute. Add flour; cook and stir 1 minute. Add browned chicken, sweet potatoes, coconut milk, broth and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer about 10 minutes or until sweet potato is tender. Gradually add spinach, stirring until wilted.
• Stir in peanut butter, brown sugar, lime juice and soy sauce. Divide among serving bowls; garnish with cilantro and peanuts. Serve with lime wedges.

CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE STEW IN PEANUT BUTTER TOMATO SAUCE: MAFE

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat oil until hot and brown chicken pieces on all sides. Remove chicken temporarily.
• In the same frying pan, add the onions and stir until soft and slightly brown. Add the tomato paste and salt, and stir well.
• Add all the prepared vegetables and fish sauce to the pot. Return the chicken to the pot and add just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, stir, and reduce heat to medium. Simmer for approximately 30 minutes. Check the vegetables to avoid overcooking, removing them in a bowl as they are done.
• When all the vegetables are cooked and removed from the stew, add the peanut butter or "tigadege", 1 tablespoon at a time to make sure it is well dissolved in the broth. Add the Scotch bonnet pepper, if using and simmer until broth thickens, about 20 to 30 minutes.
• Return all the vegetables to the pot and simmer 5 minutes more. Serve over white rice.

AFRICAN PEANUT STEW WITH CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• For the meatballs: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine the breadcrumbs with the milk in a medium bowl until the crumbs soak up the milk, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the ground chicken, onion, garlic, smoked paprika, cumin, egg, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and a few grinds of black pepper. Use a 2-tablespoon ice cream scoop to form about 20 meatballs and transfer to the prepared baking sheet. Bake until the meatballs are slightly golden on top and just cooked through, about 15 minutes; set aside.
• For the stew: Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the ginger, garlic and jalapeno and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, until the color looks rusty, about 1 minute. Add the coriander, smoked paprika and cayenne and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring, about 30 seconds. Add the sweet potatoes, chicken stock, canned tomatoes and peanut butter and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover and cook until the sweet potato is tender, about 30 minutes. Uncover and stir in the meatballs, kale and peanuts; cook for 10 minutes. Taste and season with salt and black pepper. Remove from the heat and stir in the cilantro. Serve with white rice.

SWEET POTATO, KALE AND CHICKEN STEW WITH PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook the chicken breasts with one shallot in 1 cup salted water until done.
• Shred the chicken breasts, put back into broth and set aside.
• Chop the second shallot, garlic clove and ginger finely.
• Slice sweet potatoes into 1/2 inch thick, bite size pieces (the size that can be eaten with a spoon).
• In a large, deep pan heat 2 tablespoons olive oil at medium heat and fry shallot, garlic and ginger with one tablespoon ras el hanut (or curry) until fragrant.
• Add sliced sweet potato, fry until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
• Add kale and tamari and mix, then add chicken broth and meat, mix well, cover and let simmer for about five minutes.
• Mix one tablespoon peanut butter with 1/2 cup hot water, stir until smooth.
• As soon as sweet potatoes are soft, add dissolved peanut butter. Season with salt to taste and try if you want to add another tablespoon peanut butter.
• Mix well, let simmer for another minute and serve immediately.

AFRICAN CHICKEN AND PEANUT STEW

Steps:

• In a large, heavy pot, heat the oil on med-high. When hot, add the onions and sweet potatoes, stir and cook until onions are soft and translucent.
• Add chicken, cook til opaque.
• Stir in the garlic, curry powder, coriander, cumin, and crushed red chiles. Cook 1 minute.
• Add the carrots, celery, ginger, cinnamon, bay leaf, salt, chicken broth, and tomato paste.
• Bring the liquid to a boil, then cover and simmer on low for 45 minutes.
• When the stew has cooked for 45 minutes, stir in the peanut butter. Cook another 3 minutes, uncovered for the flavors to blend.
• Stir in the chopped tomato and bell pepper. Simmer until the tomatoes and pepper are softened but still retain their shape, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir in lemon juice. Serve with the chopped cilantro on the top, and additional red pepper flakes on the side, if desired.
• I like to serve this stew over hearty brown rice. Healthy and delicious!

PORK CHICKEN AND POTATO STEW IN PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Rinse pork and pat dry; season with salt & pepper.
• Heat 2 Tbls. oil in a heavy 5-quart pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking.
• Add pork, in 3 batches, and cook, turning, until golden brown, about 6 minute per batch (adding oil, 1 tbls. at a time, as needed).
• Transfer, as cooked, with a slotted spoon to a bowl, leaving fat in pot.
• Rinse chicken and pat dry; season with salt and pepper.
• Add 1-1/2 tbls. oil to fat in pot and heat over moderately high heat.
• Add chicken and cook, turning, until golden brown, about 3 minute
• Transfer with a slotted spoon to bowl with pork.
• Add potatoes, onion and garlic to pot; cook over moderately high heat until onion is softened, about 3 minute.
• Stir in broth, corn, adobo sauce and peanut butter.
• Return pork and chicken to pot with any drippings and push into liquid.
• Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, meat is cooked through and potatoes are fork tender, 35 min.; salt and pepper to taste.
• To serve, ladle stew into bowls and garnish with cilantro, if desired.

WEST AFRICAN PEANUT STEW WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Season chicken with 1/4 tsp salt and the pepper. Saute in batches with 1 Tbs peanut oil each time.
• Remove chicken from pan and set aside.
• In pan add remaining 1 Tbs peanut oil and sauce onion about 3 min.
• Add garlic, ginger, spices and 1/4 tsp salt. Saute 30 seconds.
• Add chicken broth, tomatoes with juice, sweet potato, collard greens, red peppers.
• Bring to boil, decrease heat and simmer 20 minutes.
• Add chicken and stir in peanut butter.. Cook 5 min more till chicken is thoroughly cooked through.
• Sprinkle with chopped peanuts when serving .

MAFÉ (SENEGALESE CHICKEN AND PEANUT BUTTER STEW)

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a heavy medium pot over medium heat. Working in batches, lightly brown chicken all over, then transfer to a bowl as done. Add onions to pot and cook, stirring often with a wooden spoon, until soft, about 5 minutes. Combine peanut butter and 1 ½ cups cold water in a small bowl. Combine tomato paste and 2 cups hot water in another bowl. Stir peanut butter and tomato paste mixtures into pot, scraping any browned bits stuck to the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon. Return chicken to pot and stir well, then add carrots and herbs. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until chicken is tender, about 1 hour. Adjust seasonings. Remove herbs. Serve with hot cooked rice.

CHICKEN VEG. STEW IN PEANUT BUTTER TOMATO SAUCE: MAFE

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat oil until hot and brown chicken pieces on all sides. Remove chicken and set aside for now. In the same frying pan, add the onions and stir until limp and slightly brown. Add the tomato paste and salt, and stir well.
• Add all the prepared vegetables and fish sauce to the pot. Return the chicken to the pot and add just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, stir, and reduce heat to medium. Simmer for approximately 30 minutes. Check the vegetables to avoid overcooking, removing them in a bowl as they are done.
• When all the vegetables are cooked and removed from the stew, add the peanut butter or "tigadege", 1 tablespoon at a time to make sure it is well dissolved in the broth. Add the Scotch bonnet pepper(or jalapeno), if using and simmer until broth thickens, about 20 to 30 minutes.
• Return all the vegetables to the pot and simmer 5 minutes more. Serve over white rice.

WEST AFRICAN PEANUT-CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Cut chicken into strips, about 2x1/4 inch. In 3- to 4-quart saucepan, stir chicken and chicken seasoning (from jambalaya mix) until chicken is evenly coated; stir in oil. (For best results, use saucepan with nonstick finish.)
• Cook chicken uncovered over medium-high heat about 8 minutes, turning chicken over after 5 minutes, until dark brown on both sides. Stir in hot water, sauce mix and uncooked rice (from jambalaya mix), tomatoes and sausage. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat; cover and simmer about 25 minutes, stirring once, until rice is tender.
• Stir in peanut butter. Cook about 2 minutes longer or until mixture is thickened. Cover; let stand about 5 minutes or until most of liquid is absorbed.

CHICKEN-PEANUT STEW

Steps:

• Combine the onions, carrots, chilies, ginger, bay leaves, peppercorns, and water in a medium pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium, add the chicken thighs, and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Add the chicken breasts and simmer for another 10 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
• While the chicken is simmering, toast the peanuts in a small dry sauté pan over medium heat until golden brown and fragrant. Let cool, then grind 1 cup of the toasted peanuts in a blender to a smooth paste. Set aside.
• Using tongs, remove the chicken from the cooking liquid and set aside. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the vegetables to a food processor; discard the bay leaves. Puree the vegetables until smooth. Set the broth aside.
• Heat the oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. When it begins to shimmer, add the potatoes and sauté until they are golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add the chicken pieces and brown them on all sides, about 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat.
• Stir the vegetable puree into the broth and bring to a boil. Add the peanut puree and the remaining cup of whole peanuts and whisk until well combined. Add the tomatoes, chicken, and potatoes and simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and season with the salt. Add the spinach and stir until the spinach is wilted.
• Serve with Yellow Rice.

CURRIED CHICKEN AND PEANUT STEW

Steps:

• In a large non-stick saute pan, sear chicken breasts on each side for 1 minute; set aside.
• In the same pan, saute shallot, celery and carrot in 2t oil on low for about 5 minutes or until softened.
• Sprinkle with curry powder; mix well.
• Slowly add beer and stir as curry begins to thicken.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• In a 8qt stockpot, saute garlic in remaining 1t olive oil over med heat for 1 minute.
• Add chicken, bay leaves& tomatoes; cover& simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add curry mixture to the chicken and tomatoes, along with the chile pepper, parsley, and peanut butter/water.
• When all is well combined, add stock and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.
• Remove bay leaves.
• Remove chicken breasts, cool (enough so that it can be easily removed from the bone) and dice the meat.
• Return chicken to stockpot.
• If desired, add sugar and cilantro.
• Taste, adjust seasonings, and serve.

CHICKEN AND PEANUT STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken; cook 8 to 10 min. or until all pieces are evenly browned on both sides, turning occasionally. Remove chicken from skillet, reserving drippings in skillet; cover chicken to keep warm.
• Mix peanut butter and tomato paste in medium bowl until blended. Add tomatoes and chicken broth; mix well.
• Add onions, carrots and garlic to reserved chicken drippings in skillet; cook 5 min. or until crisp-tender, stirring frequently. Add peanut butter mixture; mix well.
• Return chicken to skillet; stir until evenly coated with sauce. Bring to boil; partially cover skillet with lid. Simmer on medium-low heat 1-1/2 hours or until chicken is done (165ºF). About 20 min. before stew is done, cook rice as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Serve stew over rice; sprinkle with nuts.

GHANA CHICKEN-PEANUT STEW

Steps:

• Rinse chicken in cold water, discard visible fat.
• In Dutch oven over medium-high heat, combine chicken, salt, onion, ginger, and 2 cups water.
• Bring to boil; reduce heat. Simmer about 15 minutes.
• In a small bowl, blend peanut butter with 1/2 cup liquid from pot; stir mixture into pot. Blend in tomato paste. Add broth and remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Cover and cook until donel about 25 to 30 minutes.
• Delicious served over rice.

CREAMY PEANUT CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• 1. put oil in deep skillet and turn heat to medium high. put chicken in skin side down, season with salt and pepper and brown well, turning pieces. Remove meat and drain all but 2 tablespoons of fat. 2. Add onion and ginger and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and fragrant.(5 minutes) Stir in curry powder and cayenne pepper and cook stirring for about 30 seconds. Add cream and stock and bring to a boil; cook until slightly thickened, 1 or 2 minutes, stir in peanuts if using. 3. Return chicken to pan, bring to boil then lower heat and simmer stirring occasionally until chicken is cooked through, 20 or 30 minutes. If using peanut butter, stir into pot until blended. Taste and adjust seasonings, garnish and serve. OPTION1: use leftover turkey, or chicken breasts and chop into small pieces. OPTION2: Peanut Stew with chicken and tomatoes: Omit curry powder and cream. Once onion is cooked, stir in cayenne and 1.5 cup chopped tomatoes (canned are fine). Cook until tomatoes have softened about 10 minutes, then proceed as above.

AFRICAN CHICKEN PEANUT STEW

Steps:

• 1 Heat the vegetable oil in a large soup pot set over medium-high heat. Salt the chicken pieces well, pat them dry and brown them in the oil. Don't crowd the pot, so do this in batches. Set the chicken pieces aside as they brown. 2 Sauté the onions in the oil for 3-4 minutes, stirring often and scraping any browned bits off the bottom of the pot. Add the ginger and garlic and sauté another 1-2 minutes, then add the sweet potatoes and stir well to combine. 3 Add the chicken, chicken broth, crushed tomatoes, peanut butter, peanuts, coriander and cayenne and stir well to combine. Bring to a simmer and taste for salt, adding more if needed. Cover the pot and simmer gently for 90 minutes (check after an hour), or until the chicken meat easily falls off the bone and the sweet potatoes are tender. 4 Remove the chicken pieces and set them in a bowl to cool, until cool enough to touch. Remove and discard the skin if you want, or chop it and put it back into the pot. Shred the meat off the bones and put the meat back in the pot. 5 Adjust the seasonings for salt and cayenne, then add as much black pepper as you think you can stand-the stew should be peppery. Stir in the cilantro and serve by itself, or with simple steamed rice.

CHICKEN PUMPKIN-PEANUT STEW

Steps:

• Over medium-high heat, heat oil in a Dutch oven.
• Stir fry chicken breast until brown on all sides.
• Remove to a plate and reduce heat to medium.
• Add onions and green pepper, cook until tender.
• Add broth, tomatoes, cinnamon, Tabasco sauce and salt.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add pumpkin and bring back to a boil.
• Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Stir in corn and chicken, cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken and pumpkin are tender.
• Combine peanut butter and cornstarch in a cup until smooth.
• Add to pot and stir until well blended.
• Simmer for another 2 minutes or until sauce thickened.

CHICKEN AND PEANUT STEW

Steps:

• Rub chicken with garlic and spices; season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Working in 2 batches, brown chicken on all sides, turning as needed, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a plate; set aside.
• Add onion and jalapeno to pot, and cook, stirring often, until onion is translucent, 6 to 8 minutes. Add tomatoes and sweet potato; cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.
• Add peanut butter and broth to pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, and add chicken. Cover, and simmer until chicken and potatoes are very tender, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve hot.

PEANUT CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Stir together first 5 ingredients and 4 cups Sweet Potato Broth in a medium stockpot. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes or until thickened. Stir in up to 2 cups broth, 1/2 cup at a time, until desired consistency is reached. Add salt to taste. Sprinkle with peanuts, and serve immediately. Sweet Potato Broth: Heat olive oil in a large stockpot over medium heat. Add onion, celery, and carrot. Cook, stirring often, 8 to 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add sweet potato, cloves, desired amount of kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, and water. Increase heat to high, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 30 to 35 minutes or until sweet potato is tender. Discard cloves. Let mixture stand 15 minutes. Process, in batches, in a food processor or blender until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Use immediately, or cool completely, and refrigerate in an airtight container up to 5 days. Note: You can freeze cooked and cooled mixture up to 2 months.