Thai Style Chicken
February 24, 2008 by Nicki
This recipe is one of my daughter’s favorites, and is a great (and easy!) way to break up the monotony of every day dishes — not to mention introducing new types of food to your family. 
Ingredients:
1/3 cup peanut butter (shown with creamy, use chunky if desired)
3 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon chili powder
dash cayenne pepper (optional)
2 cups uncooked pasta
2 boneless chicken breasts
Directions:
Take two cups of your favorite pasta and cook according to package instructions. I made mine with thin spaghetti. While that’s cooking, chop the chicken breasts into bite size pieces and cook until meat is no longer pink in the middle and the juices run clear.
To mix up the sauce, combine the peanut butter, water, soy sauce, lemon juice, honey, garlic, chili powder, and cayenne pepper (optional) in a medium sized bowl. I found it easiest to mix with a small wire whisk to combine the peanut butter and wet ingredients first, then use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl and fold in dry ingredients.
When the chicken is done, toss in with peanut butter mixture until well mixed. Drain pasta, toss in olive oil (if desired).
Serve in a bowl with pasta topped by chicken and peanut butter mixture.
Suggestions:
I think next time I may make this with chunky peanut butter to add a bit of texture to the sauce. My daughter suggested topping with cashews — which I would have done if I had any. 
I ran across a similar recipe earlier tonight that added crushed pineapple (drained), so I’ll keep that in mind for future alterations to this recipe!
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On the menu tonight…
Excuse the self-pimpage, but I’m pretty proud and wanted to show off.
Tonight I whipped up a Thai style chicken dish and snapped off a few shots:
Next time I will probably substitute fresh lime juice in place of the lemon juice (I used the…
Yum! What time’s dinner and what do you want me to bring?
Sounds delicious. If it okay, I’d like to link to your recipe. I’ve never cooked anything like it, but this sounds delicious.
[...] 2008 by cabbie in Chicken, Pasta My Cotillion sister, Nicki, has a fantastic cooking website, Now We’re Cookin’, and she just posted a recipe for Thai Style Chicken. Doesn’t this sound delicious? I [...]
Beth, hehehe bring whatever you like!
Carol, absolutely!
Mmm, sounds tasty!
Actually this is the kind of thing that my brother LOVES to cook so I’m forwarding the link to him in hopes of mooching a dinner invitation!
Thanks!
A free meal is always a good thing!
This sounds great, I think I will try it and add some snow peas and maybe red peppers for color. What do you think?
Sounds like a great recipe. Thanks
Desdemona, that would be great.
Yum Yum – Thai food is the best.