Chicken with Spicy Peanut Sauce

Ingredients

• 4  skin-on chicken thighs bone-in ( 1 lb. total)
• 2 tablespoons cilantro leaves chopped
• 1 teaspoon pepper red crushed
• 1  juice of lime 
• 1 cup chicken broth low-sodium
• 1  onion chopped
• 0.5 cup peanut butter 
• 4 servings salt and pepper 
• 2 tablespoons butter unsalted
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 

Equipment

• frying pan

Directions

1. Trim chicken of excess fat; season with salt and pepper.
2. Melt butter with oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
3. Add chicken; cook, turning often, until lightly browned, about 10 minutes total.
4. Remove chicken to a plate; pour off all but 1 Tbsp. fat. Saut onion until softened, about 5 minutes.
5. Add broth and cook, stirring to pick up browned bits of chicken on bottom of skillet. Stir in peanut butter and 1/4 cup water. Cook, stirring, until sauce is smooth. (If sauce is too thick, add water, 1 Tbsp. at a time.) Stir in red pepper.
6. Return chicken to skillet; turn to coat. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low; cook until chicken is cooked through, 25 minutes.
7. Remove chicken to platter. Skim fat from sauce, stir in lime juice and 1 Tbsp. cilantro; spoon over chicken.
8. Sprinkle with remaining cilantro.