Description
A delicious and flavorful Thai Peanut Chicken recipe that combines tender chicken strips with crunchy broccoli, green onions, and peanuts in a savory peanut sauce. Served over steamed white rice, this dish is a perfect balance of nutty, spicy, and savory flavors.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Rice:
- 4 cups water
- 2 cups uncooked white rice
For the Chicken:
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves – cut into thin strips
- 3 tablespoons chopped garlic
- 1 ½ tablespoons chopped fresh ginger root
- 2 ½ cups broccoli florets
- ¾ cup chopped green onions
- ⅓ cup unsalted dry-roasted peanuts
Instructions
- Rice: Combine water and rice in a saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
- Peanut Sauce: Stir together soy sauce, peanut butter, vinegar, and cayenne pepper in a small bowl; set aside.
- Chicken Stir-Fry: Heat olive oil in a skillet or wok over high heat. Cook and stir chicken, garlic, and ginger until chicken is lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, add broccoli, green onions, peanuts, and soy sauce mixture. Cook, stirring frequently, until broccoli is tender and chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes.
- Serve: Serve the chicken-broccoli mixture over cooked rice.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stir-Fry
- Cuisine: Thai
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 380
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 520mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 31g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 29g
- Cholesterol: 65mg
Keywords: Thai Peanut Chicken, Chicken Stir-Fry, Peanut Sauce Chicken
