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.