Thai Noodles with Peanut Butter Chicken
Author: Samantha Goren, RD
  • CourseMain Dish
Servings
4
Servings
4
Ingredients
  • 4 boneless chicken breastssliced into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 red pepperjulienned
  • 1cup green cabbagesliced
  • 1 cucumberpeeled and sliced into matchsticks or half moons
  • ½ cup roasted peanuts or almondschopped
  • ¼cup scallionssliced
  • 300g spaghetti or rice noodlesabout 1/3 package
  • ¼ cup cilantrochopped (optional, for garnish)
  • 1 limesliced into wedges (for garnish)
  • SAUCE
  • 1cup smooth peanut buttercan sub with almond butter
  • ¼cup fresh lime juice
  • ¼cup honey
  • 2-3tablespoons Siracha (or you canon the side if making for kids
  • 1-2tablespoons sesame oiloptional
  • 1/2cup soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
  • ½cup warm water
  • 4-5cloves fresh garlicminced
  • 3 tablespoons fresh gingergrated
Instructions
  1. Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil.
  2. Combine all sauce ingredients in a jar and shake vigorously.
  3. Pour 1/3 of sauce into a bowl and add chicken. Cover and marinate in refrigerator for anywhere from 10 min – 1 hour. If you are going to do 10 minutes, there is no need to refrigerate. The remaining sauce will be used for the noodles at the end.
  4. Heat a grill, grill pan or cast-iron skillet to high. Drizzle with a little bit of cooking oil. When pan is hot, add chicken. Turn over once one side is golden and does not stick to pan. Continue to cook for another 3-4 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked through. Depending on the size of your pan, you may need to do this in 2 batches.
  5. When chicken is done, set aside on plate. Make sure to pour the juice from the pan onto the chicken as this will add lots of flavor to the sauce.
  6. Add noodles to your boiling water and cook until al dente as per package instructions. Drain pasta.
  7. Add noodles back to cool pot (can use this for mixing to not dirty another dish). Add: remainder of sauce, 1/2 of veggies, ½ of chicken (with juices) and toss with tongs to mix.
  8. Pour mixed noodles onto a large serving dish and top with remaining veggies and chicken. Top with chopped peanuts, cilantro (if using) and put lime wedges around the sides of the dish. Serve with Siracha on the side!
Recipe Notes

Adapted from Oh, Sweet Basil, https://ohsweetbasil.com/about/