Chicken with Peanut Sauce, Manchamanteles

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Chicken with Peanut Sauce, Manchamanteles

4 chicken breasts or thighs
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon jalapeno pepper, minced
½ cup sweet potato, diced
½ cup tomatoes, diced or ground
¼ cup chicken broth
2 Tablespoons peanut butter, natural or fresh ground
½ cup fresh pineapple, diced
¾ cup coconut milk, unsweetened
salt and pepper to taste
freshly chopped cilantro

Season the chicken and grill until cooked through. Hold warm until ready to serve. In a sauce pan and the oil, garlic, and jalapeno pepper and saute for 30 seconds. Add the sweet potato and continue to saute for one minute. Add in the tomato, broth, peanut butter, and pineapple and cook while stirring for one minute. Add in the coconut milk, salt, and pepper and simmer for 5 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are tender. Serve with the fish and garnish with chopped cilantro.

Notes:
- This dish is roughly based on a Central American dish, Manchamanteles, "The Stew that Stains the Table Cloth."
- There are many variations to this dish. You can add plantains, bananas, apples, mango, cashews, almonds, pumpkin seeds, any other pepper, and spices like cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Traditionally served over rice.