African Chicken Sweet Potatoes Food

BAKED AFRICAN SWEET POTATO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees and spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray.
• Season the chicken with coriander, salt, turmeric, cumin, paprika, cinnamon, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
• Add the vegetable oil to a large skillet on medium-high heat.
• Add onions to the skillet and cook for 3-4 minutes until softened.
• Add in the sweet potatoes, mango, peanut butter, diced tomatoes (with liquids), and soy sauce.
• Cook for 4-5 minutes until the sauce is simmering.
• Pour the vegetable mixture into the bottom of the baking dish.
• Place chicken thighs, skin side up, into the baking dish.
• Cook, uncovered for 45-50 minutes until skin is browned and crispy.

WEST AFRICAN CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. In a Dutch oven, cook chicken over medium heat in 2 teaspoons oil for 4-6 minutes or until no longer pink; remove and set aside., In the same pan, saute onion in remaining oil until tender. Add garlic and ginger; cook 1 minute longer., Stir in the peas, tomatoes, sweet potato, broth, peanut butter, 1-1/4 teaspoons thyme and cayenne. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until potato is tender. Add chicken; heat through., Serve with rice if desired. Sprinkle with remaining thyme.

AFRICAN CHICKEN & SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Place chicken in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add sweet potatoes; cook and stir 10-12 minutes or until tender. In a small bowl, mix chutney and peanut butter; stir into sweet potatoes. Add tomatoes; heat through., Spoon potato mixture over chicken. Bake 10-15 minutes longer or until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 170°-175°.

AFRICAN STEW

Steps:

• In a large heavy pot, brown chicken in hot peanut oil. Add 1 chopped onion and stir until golden brown. Peel tomatoes if you wish, then chop into chunks. Thin tomato paste with 1/2 cup of water, and add tomatoes and tomato paste to the pot.
• Boil 4 cups of water and add to the pot with the vegesal. While the mixture boils gently, thin peanut butter with some of the hot pot liquid and stir it in gradually. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Begin adding vegetables, letting each simmer for 5 minutes or so before adding the next one. Cook until chicken and all the vegetables are tender. Crush or grind the second onion with the hot pepper. Add during the last 10 minutes of cooking.
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WEST AFRICAN LEMON MARINATED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large baking dish, combine the onion, garlic, chile, salt, ginger, and black pepper. Stir in the lemon juice, 1 c water, and 1 tbsp oil. Coat the chicken pieces in marinade and refrigerate at least 4 hours. Turn pieces every half hour or so.
• Remove chicken from marinade, and reserve the marinade. Pat the pieces dry. In a skillet, heat the remaining 4 tbsp oil over medium-high heat. Brown the chicken, a few pieces a t a time, turning frequently to brown evenly. Pour off all but 2 tbsp oil from the skillet and remove it from heat.
• Using the back of a spoon, press the marinade through a fine sieve set over a bowl. Reheat the oil in the skillet over medium heat. Add the solids fron the sieve and stir constantly until the onion is transparent.
• Return chicken to skillet and add 1/2 c strained marinade and the remaining 1/4 c water. Bring mixture to a boil. Partly cover pand and reduce heat. Simmer 25 minutes, or until chicken is tender.

AFRICAN PEANUT CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1 Tbsp olive oil in a large pot.
• Add 2-3 chicken breasts, diced; 1 onion,chopped; and 3 cloves of garlic, chopped.
• Stir and cook 5 minutes or until chicken is done.
• Peel 2 medium sweet potatoes then either grate, food process, chop, or bake/microwave and mash them.
• Add the sweet potatoes to the pot along with 1 green bell pepper, chopped; 1 red bell pepper, chopped; 2 cans of chicken broth (or 3 1/2 cups chicken broth made with chicken bullion); 1 1/2 cups V-8 or tomato juice; 1 teaspoons ginger; and 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper. Mix well.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer 10-15 minutes or until veggies are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter and stir constantly until well blended.
• Serve.