Thai Easy Slow Cooker Peanut Chicken

slow cooker peanut chicken in a white serving dish with white rice. Peanuts and coriander is scattered at the front

Thai Easy Slow Cooker Peanut Chicken

Easy Slow Cooker Peanut Chicken is full of fabulous Thai flavours. Creamy, sweet, sour and salty all come together in this incredibly simple but tasty slow cooker recipe.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Thai

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 6

Servings people

Calories 501kcal

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Ingredients

4 medium chicken breasts
1 tin coconut milk
5 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tbsp soy sauce
100 grams peanut butter smooth
2 medium lime juice
1 pinch red pepper flakes optional
100 grams mange tout
100 grams baby sweetcorn

Metric - U S Customary

Instructions

Place your chicken breasts whole in the slow cooker.
Then add 100 grams peanut butter (3.5 oz), 5 tbsp sweet chilli sauce, 2 tbsp soy sauce, juice of 2 limes, tsp of sesame oil and a tin of coconut milk to a saucepan.
Warm through stirring until it all mixes together.
Pour carefully on to the chicken.
Cook on Low for 6 hours. Chuck your chosen vegetables in 15 minutes from the end of the cooking time.
Shred the chicken using two forks into more bite size pieces.
Serve immediately.

Notes

add extra heat if by adding red pepper flakes
use whatever vegetables you prefer
use chicken thighs for better value
batch cook to get ahead
to make this in the oven cook covered in a casserole dish for 1 hour at 180 C/350 F/Gas Mark 4

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