AFRICAN PEANUT AND GINGER CHICKEN

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Add precooked chicken to soup-like mixture and cook on stove for about an hour! Our family really enjoyed - even the kids! I used about 1/3 - 1/2 the amount of chili powder and 1/4 the amount of crushed red pepper.

Provided by CareCook

Categories     Chicken

Time 2h

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces
3 tablespoons lemon juice
salt
2 medium onions, chopped
1 -2 green bell pepper, seeded and diced
2 teaspoons garlic, minced
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced
4 teaspoons chili powder
26 ounces diced tomatoes, canned, slightly drained
1 1/3 teaspoons dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (or to taste)
1/2 cup natural-style peanut butter
1 2/3 cups chicken stock or 1 2/3 cups canned broth

Steps:

  • Stir lemon juice with chicken pieces and season with salt. Set aside for 10 minutes.
  • Heat vegetable or peanut oil in skillet and saute chicken until cooked through.
  • Refrigerate chicken.
  • Saute onions and peppers until tender in vegetable or peanut oil.
  • Add garlic, ginger and chili powder and cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes.
  • Stir in tomatoes, thyme and crushed red pepper. Bring to simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Add peanut butter and stir until blended. Stir in chicken stock or broth and return to simmer.
  • Add cooked chicken.
  • Reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently, until thickened and reduced (approx 45 minutes).
  • Remove from heat and cool.
  • Freeze in bags or pans.
  • Reheating: Defrost. Transfer to saucepan and heat thoroughly. Serve over rice.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 347.1, Fat 11.3, SaturatedFat 2.5, Cholesterol 100.2, Sodium 399.8, Carbohydrate 16.1, Fiber 3.5, Sugar 7.5, Protein 46

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