Indonesian Peanut Chicken

July 17, 2009

I love peanut butter. When I was in college, the cafeteria served an amazing vegetarian dish with peanut butter sauce, and I adored it.

We also have a glut of veggies, thanks to our CSA, but not a lot in the pantry.

Wanting to use up some of the green beans in my fridge, but not having any cheese to make my favorite green bean casserole, I went to AllRecipes.com and did an ingredient search.

I told the search tool to find me a recipe with green beans and chicken, but without cheese. The recipe below is based on the one that I found in my search.

This recipe turned out to be very inexpensive, and it helped us to clear out some things that have been sitting around.

Indonesian Peanut Chicken

1 pound wide egg noodles
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves – cut into small chunks
1 large onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, pressed or minced
2-3 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed and snapped
1.5 cups low-sodium chicken broth
2/3 cup smooth peanut butter
1 1/3 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons ground red chile pepper
1/4 cup lemon juice

Cook the noodles according to the package directions.
Heat the oil in a skillet, and cook the chicken 5 minutes on each side, or until juices run clear. Add in the onions, garlic, and green beans.
Whisk together the chicken broth, peanut butter, honey, soy sauce, chile pepper, and lemon juice in a medium bowl. Pour over the chicken and veggies. Cook and stir 10 minutes, until slightly thickened.
We mixed our noodles in, but you could also just serve it over top of the noodles.
Optionally, you can garnish with green onions and peanuts.

This was so delicious that I ate it for breakfast this morning, too. It makes a lot, so I’ll probably have it for lunch today, too. And maybe breakfast tomorrow.

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Jane said:

My husband loves those spicy peanut sauces. Sounds like a pretty simple recipe, I’ll have to try it. Thanks for sharing it!
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# 17 July 2009 at 8:27 am

pk @ room remix said:

Sounds YUMMY…
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# 17 July 2009 at 8:35 am

bj said:

Thanks for this good chicken recipe..
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# 17 July 2009 at 8:46 am

Ann Kroeker said:

I’ve been looking for something like this, because my niece raved about an Indonesian chicken recipe that her mom makes. Your personal notes sure to tempt me to get bustling in the kitchen to make it tonight!
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# 17 July 2009 at 9:21 am

Mary said:

This is my kind of food. Thank you so much for posting this recipe. Have a great weekend.
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# 17 July 2009 at 10:11 am

Amy Lynne said:

I think we’ll have to try that one out! Thanks for sharing!
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# 17 July 2009 at 11:11 am

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# 17 July 2009 at 11:46 am

Sharinskishe said:

Sound delicious. I have never tried Indonesian food. I do like peanut butter so this would be a fun thing to try.

Thanks for sharing with us.

Shari

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# 17 July 2009 at 12:12 pm

darnold23 said:

This is so something that I will make. I love all of the flavors! Thanks a bunch. Beginning August 5, I will be hosting Crock Pot Wednesdays at Diningwithdebbie.blogspot.com, and I hope you will join me. THERE WILL BE PRIZES:)!!!
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# 17 July 2009 at 1:00 pm

angie said:

sounds delicious
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# 17 July 2009 at 7:57 pm

Robyns Online World said:

I have to admit I’ve never tasted anything with a peanut type sauce on it. I’m not a huge fan of peanut butter – but hubby and son are. It always sounds like such an odd combo to me but I know so many folks love it. I will be brave and try something with peanut sauce sometime.
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# 17 July 2009 at 9:07 pm

Amanda said:

Tara, that sounds wonderful. I am definitely adding it to an upcoming meal plan. This is my first time reading your blog and I love it. Check out mine sometime: http://copingwithfrugality.blogspot.com/
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# 18 July 2009 at 1:01 am

~ ~Ahrisha~ ~ said:

Thanks for the recipe it looks like a winner. It’s so nice to get proven recipes instead of trying it for the first time and not being happy with the results.~ ~Ahrisha~ ~
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# 20 July 2009 at 7:32 am

Amy @ Finer Things said:

I’m a huge fan of the allrecipes ingredient search. Makes using what you have a cinch!
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