Want a simple, healthy, and guaranteed to please dinner recipe? This delicious Saucy Peanut Chicken is it. Healthy chicken breasts and veggies are cooked in an easy to make and super flavorful peanut sauce. Serve it over rice or low carb cauliflower rice (my fav!) for a quick weeknight dinner!
Ingredients
4chicken breasts, cubed
2tablespoonssoy sauce
2tablespoonscoconut oil
2bell peppers, cut into strips
1headbroccoli, cut into florets
Chopped peanuts and sesame seeds, to serve
Thai Peanut Sauce
½cupall-natural peanut butter
¼cuplow-sodium soy sauce, gluten-free, if needed
¼cupfresh lime juice, from 1 ½ limes
2tablespoonsred curry paste
2tablespoonsrice wine vinegar
2clovesgarlic, very finely minced
1inchpiece of ginger, very finely minced
¾cupwater
Instructions
Toss the cubed chicken breasts with the soy sauce. Melt the coconut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and let it brown, about 10 minutes. Remove the chicken from the skillet.
While the chicken is browning, whisk all the Thai Peanut Sauce ingredients together in a medium-sized bowl.
½ cup all-natural peanut butter, ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce, ¼ cup fresh lime juice, 2 tablespoons red curry paste, 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar, 2 cloves garlic, 1 inch piece of ginger, ¾ cup water
Add the bell peppers and broccoli to the skillet. Let them cook until they begin to soften, about 4 minutes. Add the chicken back into the pan and pour the peanut sauce over the top. Bring the sauce to a boil so that it thickens slightly and coats the chicken and veggies.
2 bell peppers, 1 head broccoli
Serve the chicken with some crushed peanut and sesame seeds over top and dig in!
Notes
Pair with steamed basmati rice or cauliflower rice