Chicken with Peppers in Peanut Sauce
Updated with a picture!
The title is uninspired, although that night there were some inspired comments, although I’m not sure I could legally repeat most of them without getting arrested. But, regardless of its uninspired title, the food is yummy. (And a recipe of my own creation!) I’ll admit that most of the sauce measurements are just guesses - I do it until it “looks right” - a cooking tactic I learned from my mother. If its not salty enough, add more soy sauce. If it looks like too much peanut butter (and I always use just enough to make it look like a smidge too much in my eyes) use less. If the sauce is runny, add less water to start. If it’s too thick, add more. Crazy!
Ingredients:
1 cup rice
2 cups water
1 pound (give or take) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 large yellow onion
2 red bell peppers
3 cloves garlic
4 green onions (scallions)
1/4 c. soy sauce
1/2 c. smooth peanut butter
1/4 c. water
2 Tbs honey
Basil (3 Tbs fresh or 1 Tbs dried)
Combine rice and water in a pan, bring to boil, cover, and cook for about 15 minutes.
Preheat a non-stick pan over medium high heat. Finely chop garlic. Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces. Add to heated pan and sauté until chicken is no longer pink.
While the chicken is cooking, thinly slice the red peppers and onions. Add to pan when chicken isn’t pink. Cook until onions are just soft - about 7 minutes.
Add the rest of the ingredients. (I start with soy sauce, then peanut butter, give a little stir to see how things are shaping up, and then add water to make it “saucy.”) Add honey. Stir, and allow sauce mixture to just come to a boil Add basil and chopped green onions right before serving.
Serve over rice.
P.S. This is also really good with shrimp, as I used to make it before I started eating chicken again. I imagine if you pressed tofu and maybe added some more soy sauce/spice, it would be good with tofu as well. Also, to add to Jessica’s comment: I normally add some red pepper flakes, but didn’t have any on hand last time and it still tasted okay. I normally like my food a ton hotter than the man, so I take it easy and then add Tabasco sauce to everything.
We had this for dinner tonight, and it as quite yummy. Exceptionally filling, and there’s leftovers for lunch. I do think that next time I will make it spicy, though.
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