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Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken

URL: https://www.wellplated.com/slow-cooker-thai-chicken/

Ingredients

The sauce

  • 2 cans light coconut milk (14 ounce cans)
  • ¼ cup peanut butter
  • 3 tablespoons red curry paste
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons coconut sugar or brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

The chicken and vegetables

  • 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1 ½-inch pieces
  • 1 small butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into ½-inch cubes
  • 2 large red bell peppers, cored and thinly sliced
  • 1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced (about 3 cups)
  • 2 cups frozen peas, thawed
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (about 1 lime)

For serving

  • as needed none prepared brown rice
  • as needed none chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions

  1. Whisk together the sauce ingredients in a slow cooker.
  2. Add the chicken and vegetables, stirring gently to coat with the sauce.
  3. Cover and cook on HIGH for 2 to 3 hours or on LOW for 5 to 6 hours.
  4. Thirty minutes before serving, add the peas.
  5. Just before serving, stir in the lime juice.
  6. Serve over rice and garnish with fresh cilantro.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
6
Calories
509
Total fat
19g
Total carbohydrates
42g
Total protein
40g
Sodium
20mg
Cholesterol
97mg

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