Peanut butter stew
gaptoothsanta posted this recipe last week and it definitely struck my fancy and made it last night. Rob made it as a stove-top stew, but since I'm generally out of energy by 5pm especially on work days, we've been eating a lot of crockpot cooking, so I made it in the crockpot.
Here is Rob's recipe:
African based comfort food. This recipe worked well.
Ingredients
Chicken thighs, four, boneless and skinless
Carrots, two, chunked
Parsnips, two, (fresh, yum), chunked
Celery stalks, two, chunked
Onions, two, sliced or shredded
Butternut squash chunks, 1-2 cups
Sweet Potato, one, chunked
Kale, slices, 2 packed cups
1-2 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/8 cup vinegar
some red pepper flakes
some sesame chili oil
pepper and salt
1. Brown thighs and onions in sesame oil
2. Add everything else and simmer slowly for a few hours. Stir occasionally, add more broth if needed to avoid sticking.
3. Toward the end, add the kale. Give it enough time to cook, but not become mush. Maybe 30min.
4. Serve over white jasmine rice
As I twittered/twote yesterday, it smelled INCREDIBLE while cooking, and by about an hour before it was done it was making me drool all the way upstairs.
It tasted pretty good too, but Dave and I don't really like sweet food much at all (except desserts) so it was a bit sweet for us. I don't know much about "African" foods -- I know lots about Ethiopian (not sweet) and Moroccan (often sweet) cooking so I'm not sure how to de-sweeten this stew a little without changing it noticeably. After discussion with Dave, we decided to try the stew again with the following modifications:
- omit the sweet potatos, maybe use regular potatoes
- add another bitter or sour vegetable, maybe green peppers
- consider lemongrass, which is definitely NOT african but would likely reduce sweetnes
I don't know if basil would help, and Dave suggested oregano... I guess we have lots of experimenting to do.
Overall though, peanut butter and chicken is AWESOME. Next time Kitty comes over though, I'm definitely bleaching the kitchen from top to bottom.
Here is Rob's recipe:
African based comfort food. This recipe worked well.
Ingredients
Chicken thighs, four, boneless and skinless
Carrots, two, chunked
Parsnips, two, (fresh, yum), chunked
Celery stalks, two, chunked
Onions, two, sliced or shredded
Butternut squash chunks, 1-2 cups
Sweet Potato, one, chunked
Kale, slices, 2 packed cups
1-2 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/8 cup vinegar
some red pepper flakes
some sesame chili oil
pepper and salt
1. Brown thighs and onions in sesame oil
2. Add everything else and simmer slowly for a few hours. Stir occasionally, add more broth if needed to avoid sticking.
3. Toward the end, add the kale. Give it enough time to cook, but not become mush. Maybe 30min.
4. Serve over white jasmine rice
As I twittered/twote yesterday, it smelled INCREDIBLE while cooking, and by about an hour before it was done it was making me drool all the way upstairs.
It tasted pretty good too, but Dave and I don't really like sweet food much at all (except desserts) so it was a bit sweet for us. I don't know much about "African" foods -- I know lots about Ethiopian (not sweet) and Moroccan (often sweet) cooking so I'm not sure how to de-sweeten this stew a little without changing it noticeably. After discussion with Dave, we decided to try the stew again with the following modifications:
- omit the sweet potatos, maybe use regular potatoes
- add another bitter or sour vegetable, maybe green peppers
- consider lemongrass, which is definitely NOT african but would likely reduce sweetnes
I don't know if basil would help, and Dave suggested oregano... I guess we have lots of experimenting to do.
Overall though, peanut butter and chicken is AWESOME. Next time Kitty comes over though, I'm definitely bleaching the kitchen from top to bottom.