California Farm Cast Iron Peanut Butter Chicken Stew

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Delicious, hearty, a treat for children: tender slices of chicken thigh meat, peanut or hazelnut butter, sweet mild shallot onion, tomato lemon stew served over steamed golden turmeric rice.

California Farm Cast Iron Peanut Butter Chicken Stew

Delicious, hearty, a treat for children: tender slices of chicken thigh meat, peanut or hazelnut butter, sweet mild shallot onion, tomato lemon stew served over steamed golden turmeric rice.

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Ingredients

1 hour
2 people, 4 dinners
  1. 1chicken thigh, leg and backbone quarter, 2 pounds
  2. 1heaping Tbs peanut or hazelnut butter
  3. 1 cupwater or coconut milk
  4. 2 clovesmild elephant garlic
  5. 1shallot
  6. Tspslivered fresh ginger
  7. 1roma tomato, chopped
  8. 1/2lemon chopped with peel on
  9. 1 Tbsolive oil, lard, unsalted butter, ghee, or vegetable oil
  10. 1 Tbsthick sweet soy sauce
  11. 1 Tspfermented pepper sauce like sambal ijo or sambal oelek
  12. 1 Cupbasmati rice
  13. 2 cupschicken stock
  14. 1 Tspturmeric powder
  15. Serve with pickled vegetables (atjar tjampoer)
  16. Equipment: 5 quart cast iron dutch oven, 1 Quart saucepan with lid for rice
  17. Cost: under a dollar per person per dinner

Cooking Instructions

1 hour
  1. 1

    Slice chicken quarter along the bones, take leg bone, thigh bone and back bone out to make 2 cups of chicken broth with turmeric. Dispose of bones in garden fermenter. Put cup of rice in sauce pan with the two cups of chicken broth and tsp of turmeric powder, pinch of seasalt, stir, bring to hard boil with lid on, takes about 5 minutes, turn off, rest an hour. Never have burned on rice again.

  2. 2

    While the rice rests, heat oil in cast iron pot, glaze shallot, ginger and garlic 2 minutes, add deboned chicken leg and thigh pieces (1 1/2 pounds), brown 5 minutes each side. Take chicken out, chop in bite size pieces, put back in cast iron pot.

  3. 3

    Add peanut or hazelnut butter, melt. Add chopped lemon pieces and roma tomato, stir, add enough water or coconut milk for thick sauce. Add tsp chili sauce. Simmer till fragrant, about ten minutes. Add thick sweet soy sauce to taste.

  4. 4

    Put scoop of turmeric rice in center of dish. Ladle chicken sauce dish over the rice. Put pickled vegetables, called atjar tjampoer, on top of the chicken sauce. Add more sweet thick soy sauce to taste. Enjoy.

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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