Chicken Palava
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2.3
9 reviews
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
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Servings
4 people
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
African
Chicken Palava
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Chicken palava is a Liberian recipe of chicken in a sauce that combines mainly green vegetables, often spinach and okra, but mlokhia is sometimes added too.
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Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts , cut into strips
- 3 cloves garlic , crushed
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil (or palm oil)
- 2 scallions , thinly sliced
- 4 tomatoes , peeled, seeded and chopped
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 2½ cups chicken stock
- 1 prig thyme
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ lb spinach , chopped
- ½ lb Jew's mallow (mlokhia)
- 1 green chili pepper , seeded and minced
- 2 tablespoons peanuts , coarsely ground
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine garlic and chicken. Add salt and pepper.
- Melt the butter in a pan and sauté the chicken over low heat, turning the pieces over. Set aside.
- In a saucepan, heat the oil. Sauté the onions and tomatoes over medium / high heat for 5 minutes, until they soften.
- Reduce heat and add peanut butter and half of the chicken stock. Stir well.
- Cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly to prevent the peanut butter from burning, then pour the remaining broth, thyme, ginger, spinach, Jew's mallow, ground peanuts and chili pepper. Add salt and pepper.
- Add the chicken to the mixture and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes. If necessary, increase the heat toward the end to reduce the liquid.
- Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds before serving.
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