Peanut Chicken

Name: Peanut Chicken
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons creamy peanut butter; 3 green onions, white and green parts, chopped; 3 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 tablespoons rice vinegar; 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 (3- to 4-pound) chicken; 1 (1-inch) piece peeled fresh ginger; 2 garlic cloves; A handful of fresh cilantro

December 9, 2011

Chicken coops have sprung up in some of the poshest neighborhoods. Once you become accustomed to eating well-raised chickens it is hard to tolerate flavorless commercially produced fowl. My friends Paul and Angela Knipple raise chickens in their midtown Memphis yard. They feed the chickens protein-rich peanuts; the result is wonderfully rich eggs and a flavorful chicken. Their rooster is named Karen. He was mismarked at delivery. Peanuts and chicken are found together in Asian dishes. Here those flavors infuse a whole roasted bird.

Cooks' Note

Carve the chicken and place on a big serving platter of rice and garnish with some fresh cilantro with the pan juices poured all over.

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