a99kitten's Musings

Quick, easy and YUMMY dinner!

2 large (full) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Mushrooms
Zucchini
Broccoli
Sliced water chestnuts (canned and sliced from grocery store – way easy)
whatever veggies you want really
Sesame seeds (located in our your spice aisle)

Cut up the chicken in bite-sized pieces and brown in a teeny bit of olive or vegetable oil. You do not want excess oil so I would say a tablespoon or so. I saute it in a wok over medium. Takes about 20 minutes between cutting and cooking. You do need a big pan as you will be adding the veggies to this.

Drain excess oil out if any.

Pour about 1/4 cup of peanut sauce into the chicken and stir so it’s all covered with it. And then cover the pan and simmer on loooow. You can make your own peanut sauce pretty easily or just buy it. I’ve done both and I like making it so I know the ingredients and fat count but during the week, it’s easier to use the store bought. I use Bangkok Padang Peanut Sauce. Quite tasty.

Cut up broccoli (I only use the florets) and slice zucchini and mushrooms. Pour a teeny bit of toasted sesame oil in a large pan and saute broccoli on medium-low. Then pour in mushrooms, water chestnuts (drained) and then zucchini. Use your judgment on when each is nearing done to add the next. Zucchini takes no time at all and broccoli takes the longest (to my taste anyway.) You might want to add a bit more toasted sesame oil over them all as you cook. This adds a lot of flavor, but also more fat :)

When they seem almost cooked, pour them into the chicken and sauce that is simmering and mix them all together, making sure to get the peanut sauce all mixed in with everything. You might need to add a bit more sauce to cover everything (that is a personal taste/dietary/volume of veggies choice.) Now cover and simmer for about 5-7 minutes.

Now top with sesame seeds and YUM! Easy peanut chicken.

I use Annie Chun’s Sticky White Rice bowls and pour the chicken over the sticky rice. I split 1 bowl for 2 people. If you are like me and will eat any and all carbs in your sight line, this is a great option to keep you honest :) You can buy them in packs of 6 on Amazon (I love Amazon!) But I think most big/decent grocery stores carry them now too. Best part – microwaveable! ALSO, it’s wheat and gluten free for those that care about/need that!

This is a yummy and pretty easy and quick meal that I LOVE! I love peanut chicken but in restaurants you can see the oil glistening off of it so I do tend to avoid it. At least at home you can control it for the most part. Especially if you make your own peanut sauce which is surprisingly pretty easy. But not quite easy enough for a work day dinner (by the time I get home and am starving my guts out anyway) :)

Now if I just had a Reese’s Peanut Butter cup laying around, my PB love would be complete!