Chicken in Peanut Butter Sauce

This is delicious and easy dinner idea for your family. You will need a pan and ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry and fridge. Serve this chicken with rice and enjoy!

I've made this recipe, when we wanted to add some new protein-rich meal in our week plan. One serving has about 30 grams of protein, and it is packed with delicious flavors and spices.

You should give it a try!

Peanut Butter chicken recipe was first published on our blog. You can watch the step-by-step video recipe here:

And it also happens to be our 25th Instructable! Woohoo!

3 chicken breasts, cut into pieces

1 tbsp coconut oil or other vegetable oil

1 tbsp garlic flakes or 2 minced garlic cloves

1/4 tsp cayenne powder

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

4 tbsp peanut butter (chunky or creamy, to your taste)

1 tbsp rice vinegar

1 1/2 cup chicken stock or prepared from the cube with water

1/2 tsp chili flakes for serving (optional)

1 tbsp chopped scallions for serving (optional)

Heat oil in a pan and add chicken pieces.

Fry 5 minutes, stirring, until cooked.

Add garlic flakes to chicken, then stir in spices - cayenne powder, turmeric powder, ground black pepper.

Stir half a minute until aromatic

You can add salt to your taste, but keep in mind that depending on the peanut butter brand that you are using, the salt is a usual ingredient for conservation.

Add vinegar, chicken stock and peanut butter.

We like chunky peanut butter, but you can use creamy.

Cover pan with a lid and cook for 10 minutes until the consistency you like.

Serve with rice or vegetables, sprinkle with scallions and chili flakes on top.

You can adjust the thickness of the sauce to your liking by adding more stock to thin it, coconut cream to make it creamier.

The sauce will thicken in the fridge. Reheat in the microwave for 2 minutes or in a sauce pan on the low heat. Keep in mind that the sauce may thicken more, when reheating.

Keep in the fridge up to 5 days.