Quick weeknight chicken dinners don’t have to be boring or ho-hum. This Asian-inspired recipe has a zippy ginger flavor and delicious rich miso. Serve with rice, noodles, or in lettuce cups.
Stir Fried Peanut Butter Chicken
Servings
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons white miso
- 6 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons Sriracha sauce
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, sliced or cubed
- 2 red peppers thinly sliced
- 1 bunch scallions thinly sliced
- 3 cups fresh mushrooms sliced
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Garnish: cashews or peanuts sesame seeds, and thinly sliced scallions
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine corn starch, broth, peanut butter, miso, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, sriracha, and pepper. Set aside.
- Add sesame oil to a wok or large sauté pan and place over high heat. Once hot starts to smoke, add chicken, stir frying until cooked through. Transfer chicken to a plate.
- Stir fry vegetables, in batches, adding more oil if necessary, until vegetables are lightly browned.
- Add chicken and vegetables back to the pan and add psauce, stirring constantly until thickened.
- Transfer chicken and vegetables to a platter and garnish. Serve with lo mein noodles, rice, or in lettuce cups.
Where do you live? I recommend checking your health food stores, most of the ones they sell there should be kosher. If you can’t find it you you will have to leave it and maybe add more soy sauce.
Tamar Genger MA, RD
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Sounds so yum! What can I use to replace the Miso though? Here it is not so easy to aquire such ingredients kosher.. keep up the awesome work!