Spicy Peanut Chicken

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 medium chicken legs, skin and fat removed
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 1 (28 ounce) can plum tomatoes, drained, coarsely chopped, and juice reserved
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/4 cup packed fresh cilantro leaves (plus additional sprigs for garnish)
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, combine cumin and cinnamon; sprinkle on chicken.
• 2 heat oil in large skillet.
• 3 add chicken and cook about 5 minutes per side.
• 4 chicken should start to brown but don't worry about cooking through at this point.
• 5 add onion and cook another 5 minutes until onions soften and start to turn golden brown.
• 6 in food processor, puree reserved juice from tomatoes, peanut butter, cilantro, garlic, salt, and crushed red pepper until smooth.
• 7 pour this mixture with chopped tomatoes over chicken.
• 8 bring mixture to a boil.
• 9 reduce heat; cover and simmer until chicken is done (30 to 40 minutes).
• 10 garnish with fresh cilantro.