Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken

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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 4-5 hours
Total time: 4 hours and 30 minutes
Yield: 6 Servings

Ingredients:
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter 
  • ½ can coconut milk
  • 2 Tbsp. honey 
  • ½ lime
  • 2 Tbsp. soy sauce 
  • 1 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp. ginger 
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • ½ red pepper, diced 
  • 3 chicken breasts
  • 2 T cornstarch + 2 T water 
  • Peanuts, green onion, and cilantro for garnish.
Directions:
  1. Place chicken in crock pot. Combine all other ingredients, besides cornstarch and water mixture in a bowl and pour over chicken. Cook in crock pot for 4-5 hours on low setting.
  2. Cut chicken into cubes or shred using two forks. Add in cornstarch mixture and stir. Cook for an additional 20 minutes until the sauce thickens.
  3. Serve over rice. Garnish with peanuts, green onion, and cilantro.
*Meal can be frozen ahead of time and then cooked in the slow cooker from frozen.
*Adapted from the recipe, “Slow-Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken” found at dinnerthendessert.com

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