Liboké de Viande (Meat in Banana-Leaf)

Ingredients

• •2 1/2 pounds chicken
• •4 TBSP melted butter
• •Salt
• •1/2 cup peanut butter
• •1/4 cup mayonnaise
• •1/2 cup chopped peanuts
• •3 green peppers
• •Vegetable oil

Directions

1. 1Prepare the green peppers while the chicken is baking. In the Congo the green peppers are actually burned in the fire until they are quite black and then cooked with the chicken.
2. 2Cut the chicken into quarters.
3. 3Brush the chicken with 4 tablespoons melted butter and sprinkle it with salt.
4. 4Arrange the chicken quarters on a baking sheet breast side down.
5. 5Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes and turn them over breast side up.
6. 6Blend peanut butter with mayonnaise. Brush this mixture over the chickens to cover completely.
7. 7Bake for 15 minutes longer until the chicken is done. Remove it from the oven.
8. 8Sprinkle peanuts uniformly over the chicken.
9. 9Blanch the green peppers in boiling water until the skins loosen.
10. 10Remove skins and seeds and cut peppers into 1-inch strips.
11. 11Sauté the peppers in just enough vegetable oil to keep them from burning and until quite dark brown.
12. 12Sprinkle the sautéed peppers around the chicken upon serving.
13. 13Serve with yellow rice on a large platter.