Peanut Butter Chicken

Peanut butter chicken is one of the easiest dinners ever bursting with intoxicating thai flavors made with pantry friendly ingredients and on your table in 20 minutes (aka chicken satay skillet)!

This easy peanut butter Chicken recipe is a QUICK one-skillet dinner that’s huge on flavor, low on effort and belongs in your easy weeknight dinner arsenal. It’s loaded with tender, juicy chicken swimming in the most intoxicating, lusciously creamy, wonderfully fragrant, comforting peanut sauce infused with garlic, ginger, basil, lime juice and coconut milk. This Peanut Sauce Chicken also earns major points because it’s made with 100% pantry friendly ingredients – even the aromatics are powders! You can enjoy this Peanut Butter Chicken plain or add in any desired veggies you have on hand. Serve Peanut Butter Chicken over rice, cauliflower rice, zoodles, sweet potatoes, etc. loaded with contrasting mangos or pineapple and let your eyes roll back with each sublimely satisfying bite.

Ingredients:

CHICKEN

• 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless thighs chopped into 1 1/2-2” pieces
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp EACH ground coriander, turmeric powder, pepper

SAUCE

• 1 14.5 oz. can coconut milk I like Chaokoh
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoon lime juice
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 2-3 teaspoons Asian chili sauce
• 1 teaspoon dried basil

ADD LATER

• 1/3 cup smooth or crunchy peanut butter
• crushed peanuts
• cilantro
• chopped mango or pineapple