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Dovi

Name: Dovi
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Zimbabwe
Ingredients: 4 Chicken Thigh; 4 tbsp Peanut butter; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 1 Green Bell Pepper; 6 Okra; 2 cloves Garlic; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 2 tsp Chicken bouillon; 1 tsp Salt; 1/2 Chili pepper; 400ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chicken and vegetables stewed with peanut butter — Zimbabwe's rich stew.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Dovi is Shona for peanut butter, and the rich stew of chicken or beef cooked with onion, tomato, green pepper, okra, and more and finished with peanut butter is also called dovi. Peanuts grow well in Zimbabwe, and some families make their own peanut butter. It's eaten with sadza or rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a festive day in a Zimbabwean home, a pot of rich peanut chicken stew is served beside a plate of white sadza.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 4
Peanut butter 4 tbsp
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Green Bell Pepper 1
Okra 6
Garlic 2 cloves
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Chicken bouillon 2 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Chili pepper 1/2
Water 400ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces, salt, and brown in oil.
Add the chopped onion, garlic, and green pepper and sauté.
Add the chopped tomatoes, chili, stock powder, and water, cover, and simmer 25 minutes.
Thin the peanut butter with some of the liquid, add it, and add the sliced okra.
Simmer on low for 10 minutes until thick.

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