Peanut Chicken

Total Time: 9 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 9 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs (more if small)
• 1 cup chunky salsa (you choose the 'heat')
• 1/3 cup chunky peanut butter (or smooth with 1 tbsp chopped peanuts)
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon grated gingerroot
• 1/2 cup chopped roasted peanuts (for garnish)

Recipe

• 1 in a crock pot, mix all ingredients, stirring to coat chicken.
• 2 cook on low 8-9 hours.
• 3 serve on rice, sprinkling chopped peanuts on each serving.
• 4 this is good with coleslaw or a green vegetable.
• 5 notes:.
• 6 the original recipe had 1/2 tsp salt which i omitted as the soy and salsa have enough salt.
• 7 both hot and medium salsa have worked for me. smooth salsa also works but a chopped, peeled tomato improves the texture.
• 8 i use unsalted peanuts. because of the salsa and soy, this dish already has more than enough salt.
• 9 1 tsp powdered ginger instead of the ginger root worked just fine.
• 10 i squeezed this into my 2 qt crock pot, cooked it on high until simmering and then turned it down. a larger pot would be easier.