Chidis' Igbo Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 chicken thighs, on bone
3 lbs stewing beef
5 -6 medium hot house tomatoes
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
1/2 red pepper
1 -2 jalapeno
1 red onion
1 white onion
5 garlic cloves
3 tablespoons hot sauce (optional)
2 tablespoons salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
fresh ground black pepper
fresh basil
fresh cilantro
fresh spinach
fresh thyme

Preparation

Use a stew pot and boil enough water to cover all the meat, onions, vegetable oil and salt.
Boil until tender/almost done.
Meanwhile, puree together tomatoes, garlic, tomatoes paste, jalapeno, red pepper, and fresh herbs.
When meat is ready, drain off all but about 1 1/2 cups of broth.
Add in the puree mix; cover and stew for about an hour. Approximately 15 minutes before done add in fresh cut spinach.
Serve with your choice of rice.