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Peanut Chicken Stir Fry

Published: Feb 28, 2022 · Modified: Oct 24, 2022 by Lois · This post may contain affiliate links.

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Peanut Chicken Stir Fry is a super good meal you will want to make again and again. Easy peasy 35-minute recipe.

Peanut Chicken Stir Fry with creamy peanut sauce. YUM!

Peanut Chicken Stir Fry with creamy peanut sauce. YUM!

Peanut Chicken Stir Fry

March 1 is National Peanut Butter Lovers Day. And I do love peanut butter, especially in a sauce. Don't you just love peanut sauce when you go to an Asian restaurant? You know I do. That's why I decided to learn how to make it and did my best to duplicate the taste. I did a terrific job, if I do say so myself.

This Peanut Chicken Stir Fry is amazing. It's one of my go-to recipes that I make often. In fact, I liked it so much that I included it in my cookbook, It Ain't Just The Diet Cookbook: How I Beat Food Allergies One Bite At A Time. You can pick up a copy of it on Amazon.

You can make this recipe with or without chicken. It's awesome either way.

My kids and I love stir fry. When they lived at home, the kids used to beg for Chinese Chicken (with a brown sauce, not peanut sauce). We had it at least a couple of times a month. It was a good way to get them to eat their vegetables. You can use whatever vegetables you have on hand. Usually, I make it with a brown sauce, but a  few years ago, I decided to create my own Peanut Sauce (recipe below).

Organize Your Ingredients Before Cooking

I always make quite a mess when I'm doing a stir fry, though, despite doing it in an organized fashion. I chop everything up and put the ingredients in separate bowls. That's because with a stir fry, you are quickly adding each ingredient, cooking for a minute or two, then adding the next. So you can't be cooking the onions while you are chopping the other veggies or you will burn your meal (at least I would!).

I admit that I'm not usually so organized. For most recipes, I chop as I go and grab the ingredients as I need them. It's not a good way to cook because I often have to improvise because I don't have a specified ingredient. The good thing is I have been cooking since I was a child (and I'm getting old now...) so I can generally figure out something to substitute. If you need some help with that check out my Ingredients Substitutions List.

Peanut Chicken Stir Fry in the pan.

Peanut Chicken Stir Fry in the pan.

Make It Vegan

For those of you who are vegetarian or vegan, you can simply leave the chicken out. Take a look at the nutrition label and you will see why. It still has a super amount of protein, doesn't it?

Bok choi is a wonderful vegetable to include in a stir fry. Crispy, a little bitter, delicious! Unfortunately, my local Food Lion didn't have any when I was there the other day, so I used broccoli. Broccoli is delicious, too, and green beans work great as an alternative.

In fact, broccoli has tons of protein and the flavor will still be terrific. Since I don't have a photo of it with bok choi, I will have to make it again. Awww, shucks. That means I'll have (get) to eat this again. I know you're gonna wanna make this so you can eat it! I do.

What You Need

For this recipe, I use a small saucepan to make the sauce before pouring it into the larger pot that contains the veggies and chicken. I don't have a wok and I use a large (about 14 inches) nonstick, flat frying pan with a lid. I also make the rice in an old-fashioned rice cooker if I'm making standard white rice (the cooker doesn't work well for brown rice). I don't think you can get a rice cooker (picture below) like we have anymore, but using electric rice cookers or Instant Pots are super easy.

Old-fashioned double boiler Rice Cooker and Sticky Rice.

Old-fashioned double boiler Rice Cooker and Sticky Rice.

I used a chef's knife, cutting boards (one for chicken and one for veggies), a large skillet and a small sauce pan, measuring cups and spoons, wooden spoons, and various sized glass bowls to hold the ingredients.

Peanut Chicken Stir Fry Recipe

Peanut Chicken Stir Fry

Adriana
Chicken and vegetables with creamy peanut sauce
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 35 mins
Course Chicken, Main Course
Cuisine American, Chinese
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

Stir Fry

  • 2 chicken breasts cut into 1-inch pieces or 6-8 chicken tenders; leave out for vegetarian version
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 yellow onion cut into chunks
  • 1 red pepper cut into chunks
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 pound asparagus cut into 1-inch pieces; put the tips aside until the end
  • 1½ cups broccoli florets or 1 small head of bok choi cleaned and cut into 1-inch pieces. Green Beans are an excellent alternative, too.
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper freshly ground

Peanut Sauce

  • 4 tablespoons peanut butter crunchy preferred
  • 3 tablespoons chopped peanuts divided
  • 1 15- ounce can coconut milk
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder or more, if you like it spicy
  • ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper optional
  • ½ a small yellow onion grated
  • 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lite soy sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Instructions
 

Chicken

  • In a large skillet or wok, heat the oil to hot.
  • Cook the chicken until slightly browned and cooked through.
  • Remove the chicken to another dish.
  • In the same skillet, cook the onions about 5 minutes, add the red pepper; cook another 3-5 minutes.
  • Add the garlic and cook for about 30 seconds.
  • Add the broccoli or bok choi and asparagus (save tips) and cook until crisp-tender.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Return the chicken to the pot, add the asparagus tips and heat through.
  • Top with Peanut Sauce (directions below).
  • Stir to coat.
  • Serve over white or brown rice; garnish with chopped peanuts.

Peanut Sauce

  • For the sauce, mix all the sauce ingredients (using only half the peanuts) and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir occasionally.
  • Turn the heat down and keep warm until the stir fry is ready.
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Recipe Nutrition Information 

This recipe is GF, DF, EF*

The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist's advice.

Peanut Chicken Stir Fry Recipe Nutrition Label. Each serving is about 1-½ cups without rice.

Peanut Chicken Stir Fry Recipe Nutrition Label. Each serving is about 1-½ cups without rice.

Peanut Vegetarian Stir Fry Nutrition Label. Each serving is about 1-½ cups without rice.

Peanut Vegetarian Stir Fry Nutrition Label. Each serving is about 1-½ cups without rice.

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Peanut Chicken Stir Fry, 35-minutes until you eat! SO scrumptious. Vegetarian option, too.

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  1. pat

    September 15, 2017 at 12:28 pm

    5 stars
    Thank you for the vegetarian option!
    Delicious~

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