African-style Braised Chicken In Peanut Sauce (crock Pot)
Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 3 hrs
Ingredients
- Servings: 6
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 lbs chicken pieces (skin on breasts, skinless legs and thighs)
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 red chili peppers, minced or 1/2 green chili pepper
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns, cracked
- 1/2 cup condensed chicken broth, undiluted
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons sherry wine or 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
Recipe
- 1 in a nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. add chicken, in batches, and brown on all sides. transfer to slow cooker stoneware.
- 2 reduce heat to medium, add onions and cook, stirring, until softened. add garlic, chili pepper, curry powder, oregano, salt and peppercorns and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. stir in chicken broth, tomato sauce and bay leaf and bring to a boil.
- 3 pour mixture over chicken. cover and cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 3 hours, until juices run clear when chicken is pierced with a fork.
- 4 in a bowl, combine peanut butter and sherry. add a little cooking liquid and stir to blend. add to slow cooker along with red pepper. cover and cook on high for 20 minutes, until pepper is tender. discard bay leaf.
- 5 serve over hot rice.
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