Thai Chicken In Peanut Sauce Dinner For Two Food

THAI PEANUT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine the rice and water in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, or until rice is tender. In a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, peanut butter, vinegar, and cayenne pepper. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a skillet or wok over high heat. Add chicken, garlic and ginger, and cook, stirring constantly, until chicken is golden on the outside, about 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium, and add green onion, broccoli, peanuts, and the peanut butter mixture. Cook, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes, or until broccoli is tender, and chicken is cooked through. Serve over rice.

CHICKEN PAD THAI WITH PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Place noodles in a large bowl and cover with cold water. Soak until soft, 30 to 50 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• Combine soy sauce and cornstarch in a bowl; stir to dissolve cornstarch. Place chicken in a separate bowl and pour soy sauce mixture on top. Stir well and set aside.
• Mix together 1/4 cup sugar, fish sauce, tamarind juice, and lime juice in a saucepan over medium heat and simmer for about 5 minutes. Keep sauce warm.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a second skillet over medium-high heat and add chicken. Cook until no longer pink in the middle and juices run clear, 5 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat and keep chicken warm.
• Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a large wok over medium heat. Add garlic and eggs, stirring to scramble, about 5 minutes. Add cooked chicken and stir until well mixed. Add drained noodles and stir until warmed through, 5 to 10 minutes more.
• Stir sauce, 3/4 teaspoon sugar, and salt into noodle mixture in the wok. Stir in peanuts and chili powder. Remove from heat and top with chives. Serve pad thai with bean sprouts on the side.

CHICKEN STIR-FRY WITH THAI PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Whisk peanut butter, 1/3 cup hot water, brown sugar, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and curry paste together in a bowl. Set peanut sauce aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a deep skillet or large wok over medium-high heat. Add chicken, ginger, and garlic. Saute, stirring constantly, until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
• Pour 2/3 cup hot water into skillet. Add broccoli, carrot, and green beans. Cover and steam for 2 minutes. Remove vegetables from skillet and reserve steaming liquid in a bowl.
• Add 1 tablespoon oil to skillet. Add zucchini, onion, and red pepper; stir-fry for 4 minutes. Return steamed broccoli, carrots, and green beans to the skillet. Add remaining oil, if needed. Continue cooking until vegetables are tender but still crisp, 3 to 5 minutes more. Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Return cooked chicken to skillet. Add peanut sauce, scallions, 1/3 cup peanuts, and 1/3 cup cilantro. Stir thoroughly and heat through, 1 to 3 minutes. Add reserved steaming liquid to thin sauce, if necessary.
• Garnish with lime wedge and remaining peanuts and cilantro. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes.

THAI CHICKEN WITH SPICY PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Make peanut sauce: Combine all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and whisk until well combined.
• Set aside.
• Bring 2 1/2 cups water to a boil in a 2-qt.
• saucepan.
• When the water boils, add the rice; cover the pan, and remove from the heat until ready to serve.
• Cut the chicken into short strips about 1/2 inch wide.
• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over high heat.
• Add the chicken, garlic and ginger to the skillet and cook until the chicken is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add the green onions, bamboo shoots, peanuts, soy sauce, sherry and sugar.
• Stir well, then add the peanut sauce and stir well again.
• Cook until heated through, 2 minutes.
• Serve over a bed of the rice.

THAI CHICKEN IN PEANUT SAUCE (DINNER FOR TWO)

Steps:

• Brown chicken in olive oil in skillet#1.
• Add broccoli and garlic in skillet#1.
• Warm up peanut butter in microwave (1 min) Then spoon peanut butter, salt, soy, chili sauce, red pepper, and vinegar into skillet #2.
• Warm this mixture and add coconut milk to achieve desired taste and creaminess.
• Once veggies and chicken are nearly finished cooking in skillet #1, add bean sprouts.
• Add sauce from skillet #2 when bean sprouts are light brown.
• Serve contents on a bed of white rice.

THAI CHICKEN SATAY WITH PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut chicken breasts into 2 inch long strips. Lightly pound out with a meat mallet to flatten the strips to a inch thick.
• For the marinade, combine the ground coriander, ground cumin, chopped garlic, grated ginger, fish sauce, curry powder, turmeric powder, coconut milk and brown sugar to form the marinade. Marinade the chicken overnight or at least 6 hours. Thread the chicken on presoaked skewers and grill on barbeque over fairly high heat. Turn them regularly and brush them liberally with the remaining marinade. Cooking should take between 5 and 10 minutes depending on the heat of the barbecue.
• For the peanut sauce, in a saucepan, heat the oil on medium/low heat and fry the onions and garlic for 2 minutes. Add the curry paste and cook for another minute. Add the peanuts, peanut butter, coconut milk, curry paste, fish sauce and stir until smooth. Take off the heat and add the lime juice to taste.
• For the cucumber sauce, combine the sugar, vinegar, cucumber, shallot, chili, and refrigerate overnight.

THAI CHICKEN PEANUT NOODLES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk the first six ingredients until blended. Cook spaghetti according to package directions; drain., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook chicken, carrots, pepper and garlic over medium heat 5-6 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink, breaking up chicken into crumbles; drain., Stir in peanut butter mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 3-5 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened. Serve with spaghetti. Top with peanuts and green onions.

THAI PEANUT CHICKEN AND NOODLES

Steps:

• For sauce, whisk together first eight ingredients. Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil; remove from heat. Add noodles; let stand until noodles are tender but firm, 3-4 minutes. Drain; rinse with cold water and drain well., In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon peanut oil over medium-high heat; saute chicken until no longer pink, 5-7 minutes. Remove from pan., In same pan, saute onion in remaining oil over medium-high heat until tender, 2-3 minutes. Stir in sauce; cook and stir over medium heat until slightly thickened. Add noodles and chicken; heat through, tossing to combine. If desired, top with cucumber and chopped peanuts. Serve immediately.

THAI CHICKEN STIR-FRY FOR TWO

Steps:

• In a large skillet or wok, stir-fry chicken in oil for 3-4 minutes or until no longer pink. Stir in vegetable blend; cook, uncovered, for 4-6 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the apple juice, soy sauce, peanut butter, brown sugar, garlic powder, ginger and cayenne. Stir into chicken mixture; serve with rice.

EASY THAI CHICKEN STIR-FRY WITH PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a microwave-safe bowl, whisk soy sauce and brown sugar together until dissolved then add gradually to peanut butter; stir until smooth; stir in ginger, sesame oil, chili oil, and rice vinegar; blend well.
• FYI: At this point the thick peanut sauce makes a great dipping sauce!
• Stir chicken broth into peanut sauce; cook in microwave oven about 45 seconds or just until bubbly around edges; stir and set aside.
• Bring a large saucepan containing 5-6 cups water to a boil; remove pan from heat and add rice noodles; soak noodles in hot water for 3-5 minutes until they are cooked but still al denté firm; rinse noodles under cold water; drain and set aside; if your noodles are very long you may want to chop them into a more manageable length.
• Meanwhile, peel carrots then slice them with a diagonal cut into pieces about 1/8" thick and 2" long; par boil or steam carrots slices together with frozen broccoli cuts for about 3 minutes or until carrots are barely crisp-tender and broccoli is no longer frozen; remove from heat and rinse under cold water; trim down any oversized pieces of broccoli; set aside.
• Add peanut oil and sesame oil to a large nonstick skillet or wok over medium-high heat; heat until oil is almost smoking; add chicken to skillet and sauté 1 1/2 minutes or until the chicken is not quite done; add mushrooms, carrots, and broccoli to skillet; sauté another 1 1/2 minutes; add peanut sauce and toss about 30 seconds until chicken and veggies are evenly coated with sauce; add rice noodles; cook and toss for 1 minute until heated through.
• Turn onto serving plate(s) and serve immediately garnished with sliced green onions and chopped peanuts.

THAI CHICKEN SATAY WITH PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• To prevent scorching, soak bamboo skewers in cold water for at least 30 minutes.
• Trim off any excess fat and tendons from chicken.
• Slice chicken into strips about 3/4 inch wide and thread onto skewers and place in a shallow glass dish.
• Mix the soy sauce, honey, and oil, and pour over the chicken, making sure all of the chicken is coated with the marinade.
• Cover dish with plastic and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
• Sauce: Heat oil in a small pan.
• Add onion flakes and cook over a low heat for 15 to 30 seconds.
• Add remaining ingredients, mix well, and cook until heated through.
• Set aside sauce to await the chicken.
• Drain the chicken (save the marinade).
• Cook chicken over a medium to high heat for about 8 minutes on the grill, turning often and brushing with marinade.
• Serve with the peanut sauce while hot.