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Saucy Peanut Butter Chicken Thighs

Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Boneless chicken thighs are simmered in a creamy peanut butter sauce made with crushed tomatoes, chicken stock, garlic, ginger, cumin, and coriander. Rich, savory, and deeply comforting, this is an easy dinner you'll want to make again and again.

Ingredients

Peanut Butter Sauce

Instructions 

  • Cut the chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces and put them into a large bowl. Add the soy sauce and mix. Let the chicken marinate while you chop the onion and make the sauce.
    8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, 2 tablespoons soy sauce
    Raw chicken pieces marinated in a rich peanut butter chicken sauce sit in a clear glass bowl on a white marble surface.
  • In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together all of the peanut butter sauce ingredients.
    ½ cup natural peanut butter, 15 ounce can crushed tomato, 1 cup chicken stock, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 teaspoon EACH: ground cumin and coriander, A pinch of pepper flakes
    A person whisks a bowl of red sauce for peanut butter chicken in a clear glass mixing bowl on a marble surface.
  • Heat the oil in a large, non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Pour the chicken and soy sauce into the pan (careful, it will splatter) and move the chicken around so that it is in a single layer. Let it cook undisturbed for 5 minutes then turn the chicken pieces over and let them cook for another 5 minutes.
    1 tablespoon cooking oil
    A hand stirs pieces of marinated peanut butter chicken in a black frying pan with a black slotted spatula.
  • Add the onion to the pan and let it cook for 3 minutes, or until it is transparent. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for 1 more minute.
    ½ medium onion, 3 cloves garlic , 1 tablespoon minced ginger
    Diced chicken pieces being stir-fried in a black skillet with a white spatula on a marble surface, ready to be transformed into delicious peanut butter chicken.
  • Pour the peanut butter sauce into the pan and let it cook until it begins to thicken a little, about 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and serve with a little minced cilantro.
    Chunks of chicken cooking in a frying pan covered with a thick orange-red tomato-based sauce, perfect for making peanut butter chicken.
Serving: 1 serving = ¼ of the recipe, Calories: 580kcal, Carbohydrates: 25g, Protein: 55g, Fat: 30g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g, Monounsaturated Fat: 14g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 217mg, Sodium: 746mg, Potassium: 1183mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 14g, Vitamin A: 285IU, Vitamin C: 12mg, Calcium: 84mg, Iron: 4mg