Spiced chicken, spinach and sweet potato stew

Name: Spiced chicken, spinach and sweet potato stew
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 sweet potatoes - peeled and cut into chunks; 1 bag (90 g) spinach; 1 tbs sunflower oil; 8 chicken thighs (skinless and boneless); 500 mls chicken stock; For the spice paste:; 2 chopped onions; 1 red chilli chopped; 1 tsp paprika; 1 Thumb sized piece of grated ginger; 4 crushed garlic cloves; 2 preserved lemons - deseeded and chopped; To serve:; 50 g toasted pumpkin seeds; 2-3 preserved lemons - deseeded and chopped; 4 warmed naan breads

Rachelbath @cook_4830159

This is a new dish for me and I promise a coincidence that like my last dish also contains sweet potato and spinach (I think I'll do a pudding next).

Rachelbath @cook_4830159

This is a new dish for me and I promise a coincidence that like my last dish also contains sweet potato and spinach (I think I'll do a pudding next).

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Ingredients

60 mins

4 servings

3sweet potatoes - peeled and cut into chunks
1 bag (90 g)spinach
1 tbssunflower oil
8chicken thighs (skinless and boneless)
500 mlschicken stock
For the spice paste:
2chopped onions
1red chilli chopped
1 tsppaprika
1Thumb sized piece of grated ginger
4crushed garlic cloves
2preserved lemons - deseeded and chopped
To serve:
50 gtoasted pumpkin seeds
2-3preserved lemons - deseeded and chopped
4warmed naan breads

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Steps

60 mins

1

Add boiling water to sweet potato and boil for 10 minutes
2

Put all paste ingredients in a food processor and blend until very finely chopped. Set aside
3

Put spinach in large colander, pour sweet potatoes and their cooking water over it to drain the potatoes and wilt the spinach at the same time. Leave to steam dry
4

Return the saucepan to the heat (no need to wash it first), then add the oil followed by the spice paste. Fry the paste for about 5 mins until thickened, then add the chicken. Fry for 8-10 minutes until chicken starts to colour. Pour over the stock, bring to the boil and leave to simmer for 10 mins, stirring occasionally.
5

Check chicken is cooked. Season with black pepper, add sweet potato. Leave to simmer for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, roughly chop the spinach and add to the stew. (Can be cooled and frozen at this point).
6

Scatter over the pumpkin seeds and preserved lemons and serve with warmed Mann bread on the side

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Rachelbath @cook_4830159

on May 12, 2016 21:26

There's nothing I love more than a full table, family and friends eating together , and although many of my dishes may be simple ( and still eaten by my children with a large dollop of ketchup) they are often my own little twists on everyday winners cooked with love