Spicy Peanut Butter Chicken
This sweet and salty sauce hits all the flavour hotspots while brimming with nutritious chicken, wholesome peanuts and bright green beans.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 450 g chicken breast (cut into cubes)
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil (divided)
- 1/2 onion (chopped)
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 2-3 clove garlic
- 100 g 1 cup green beans
- 2-3 green onions (sliced)
- 1 tsp sesame seeds (optional)
- 3 tbsp smooth peanut butter
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp Chinese Shaohsing cooking wine or 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2-1 tsp dried chilli flakes
- 125 ml 1/2 cup hot water
Instructions
- 1
In a medium bowl mix the soy sauce with corn starch, then add chicken pieces and set aside until needed.
- 2
Prepare the vegetables by chopping up the onion, peeling and grating ginger, trimming the green beans and mincing the garlic.
- 3
In another medium bowl mix together the peanut butter, brown sugar, Chinese cooking wine, soy sauce, dried chilli flakes and hot water and whisk together till smooth. Set aside till needed.
- 4
To a large frying pan or a wok add 1/2 cup of water and bring to a boil, then add the green beans and cook for 5 minutes until tender and bright green. Remove from the wok to a separate place, discard the water and wipe the wok dry.
- 5
Put it back on the stove and heat with 1 tbsp of vegetable oil. Once the oil is hot, add the chicken pieces and cook until browned on both sides for approximately 5 minutes. Remove to the same plate as the beans.
- 6
Now add another tablespoon of vegetable oil and bring in the chopped onions to the pan, cook for 5 minutes, then add the grated ginger and minced garlic and stir fry for 30 seconds longer.
- 7
Now pour the pre-mixed peanut sauce into the hot pan and bring to a simmer. Add the chicken and green beans and simmer over 5 medium heat for 5 minutes until the sauce is thick and glossy. If the sauce is too thick, add a splash of water.
- 8
Serve sprinkled with sliced green onions and sesame seeds.