Peanut Chicken Over Rice

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup very finely chopped sweet onion
• 3 chopped scallions
• 5 cloves garlic, minced (or use a garlic press)
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
• 2 limes
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts
• 1 1/2 lbs fresh spinach, leafs steamed
• 1/2 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
• 1/2 cup finely chopped green bell pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a large frying pan, heat oil over medium-high heat.
• 2 add onions, scallions, and garlic and cook until onion is tender (about 5 minutes).
• 3 reduce heat to medium and add peanut butter, brown sugar, fish sauce, paprika, juice of limes, and cayenne pepper.
• 4 stir into a smooth sauce, then add coconut milk in 4 parts, stirring into a smooth sauce again.
• 5 heat sauce to boiling, then reduce heat to low and allow to simmer stirring occasionally.
• 6 in a large pot, heat enough water to completely submerge chicken to boiling.
• 7 while water is heating, trim chicken of fat and slice into 1/2 inch wide by 2 inch long pieces.
• 8 add chicken to boiling water and allow to cook just long enough to completely cook chicken (should be no more than 10 minutes).
• 9 remove chicken from water and add to peanut sauce, also adding steamed spinach and bell pepper.
• 10 mix thoroughly, and increase heat to medium.
• 11 allow this to cook 10-15 minutes.
• 12 remove from heat and ladle over plenty of rice.