Chicken stew with green beans and sweet potato
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Makes: 4 portions
 
Ingredients
  • 400 gr chicken
  • 1 tspn ground ginger
  • 1 tspn ground cumin
  • 1 tspn ground coriander
  • 2 tbspn olive oil
  • 3 onions
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 thumb fresh ginger
  • 1 tbspn ground ginger
  • 1 tbspn ground cumin
  • 1 tspn ground coriander
  • 300 gr sweet potato
  • ½ aubergine
  • 1 tspn honey
  • 300 gr chicken stock
  • 100 gr dried raisins
  • 200 gr green beans
  • 2 pears
  • 4 tbspn fresh coriander
Instructions
  1. Dice the chicken and season with the ground ginger, ground cumin, ground coriander and salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Heat the oil and stir fry the chicken until coloured.
  3. Chop finely the onion, garlic and ginger. Add to the chicken and cook until soft.
  4. Add the ground ginger, ground cumin, ground coriander and cook until they release their flavour.
  5. Peel and dice the sweet potato. Dice the aubergine. Add to the pan and cook several minutes until softened.
  6. Add the honey, chicken stock, dried raisins and seasoning to taste.
  7. Simmer the stew on a low heat for 20 min or until the chicken and vegetables are cooked.
  8. Mix the corn flour with some cold water and stir into the sauce, which will thicken when boiling again. Taste for seasoning.
  9. Peel the pears and cut them into wedges. Stir into the sauce to warm up but do not overcook them.
  10. Boil the green beans in salted boiling water and drain.
  11. Chop the fresh coriander.
  12. Serve the chicken stew with the green beans and give some couscous or rice. Garnish with the fresh coriander.
Stuff to know
Do not add too much stock or the sauce with be watery. If so, mix some corn flour with cold water and add that to the sauce. It will thicken when boiling again.
The amount of corn flour will determine how thick the sauce is.
This dish can very well be prepared in a tajine, a traditional earthenware North-African slow cooker.
Use chicken breasts or thighs for this dish.
Recipe by Jeroen Valkenier Recipes at https://jpvalkenier.com/chicken-stew-with-green-beans-and-sweet-potato/