Peanut Chicken – Quick and easy dinner of chicken in a peanut sauce, served over rice and topped with peanuts. Great for the whole family any night of the week.
Chicken satay is a classic grilled chicken appetizer that you dip in a peanut butter sauce. I know it sounds a little strange to have peanut butter with chicken, but once you mix in the soy sauce, ginger, and all of the other ingredients it all just works together.
This Peanut Chicken is served over rice and on the table in about 20 minutes, which makes it perfect for a quick and easy weeknight dinner.
What Is Peanut Sauce
Peanut sauce can go by a few names but satay sauce is the most common in the US. It is based out of Indonesia made from roasted peanuts. It is becoming more and more common around the world.
This Chicken Satay Stir Fry takes a classic satay sauce and turns it into a whole stir fry dinner. So if you are familiar with chicken satay from restaurants, don’t miss that!
What’s In Peanut Sauce
- Coconut Milk
- Peanut Butter
- Soy Sauce
- Rice Wine Vinegar
- Sesame Oil
- Chili Garlic Paste
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Lime Juice
Best Stir Fry Vegetables
In this peanut chicken stir fry I used carrots and red bell pepper, but there are lots of other options! Really anything your family enjoys works here.
- Broccoli
- Bell Peppers
- Cauliflower
- Sugar Snap Peas
- Water Chestnuts
- Mushrooms
- Bok Choy
- Carrots
- Baby Corn
How To Make Peanut Chicken
- Season chicken well with salt and pepper and then brown in a skillet with oil for 4-5 minutes.
- Add your vegetables to the pain and cook for 4-5 more minutes until the vegetables are starting to soften and the chicken is mostly cooked.
- In a liquid measuring cup mix together everything for the sauce, whisk until it is smooth.
- Pour sauce over chicken and bring to a simmer. Cook for just a couple minutes until it starts to thicken.
- Serve over rice and top with chopped peanuts and cilantro if desired.
Instant Pot Jasmine Rice is the perfect thing to serve this with. It will cook while the chicken cooks and dinner will be on the table in about 20 minutes!
Recipe Tips
- If you are in a hurry and don’t feel like chopping a bunch of vegetables, a bag of frozen stir-fry veggies would make a great quick and easy swap.
- Leftover chicken? Throw it in! Skip the steps of cooking the chicken and just reheat the chicken while the veggies are cooking and dinner is done even faster! Would work well with rotisserie chicken as well.
- If you are trying to go low carb, cauliflower rice goes really well with this. The sauce if flavorful enough your family probably won’t even know!
- Make it vegetarian by using tofu in place of the chicken.
Peanut Chicken Leftovers are great in the fridge for a few days. Just store in an air tight container and you have lunch for the next day!

More Delicious Asian Recipes
- Stir Fry Noodles
- Air Fryer Egg Rolls
- Cashew Chicken
- Crispy Sesame Chicken
- Kung Pao Chicken
- Chicken Lo Mein
- Thai Green Curry Chicken
Peanut Chicken with Rice

Quick and easy dinner of chicken in a peanut sauce, served over rice and topped with peanuts. Great for the whole family any night of the week.
Ingredients
Stir Fry
- 1 pound boneless, , skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces
- 2 tsp olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 cup of carrots, shredded
- Cooked rice
- Peanuts, , chopped
- Cilantro, (optional garnish)
Peanut Sauce
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 Tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp chili garlic paste
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 inch fresh ginger, grated
- 1 lime, juiced
Instructions
- In a large skillet heat 1 tsp olive oil over medium high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Add to the pan, and saute for 4-5 minutes.
- Add bell peppers to the pan. Cook until the chicken is cook through and the peppers are starting to soften.
- Meanwhile, in a 2 cup measuring cup, whisk together all of the ingredients for the sauce. Pour over the cooked chicken. Heat to a simmer, stirring frequently.
- Stir in carrots, and remove from the heat.
- Serve over rice topped with chopped peanuts and cilantro if desired.
Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 635Total Fat 39gSaturated Fat 16gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 19gCholesterol 96mgSodium 1263mgCarbohydrates 28gFiber 4gSugar 5gProtein 47g
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Jen @ Yummy Healthy Easy says
I’m with you – I love anything with peanut butter! I’ll definitely be giving this a try. I love peanut chicken! Thanks for the recipe, pinned!
Faith (An Edible Mosaic) says
I love the flavors going on in this dish and I love the fact that it comes together quick! Perfect for a weeknight.
Diane+{Created+by+Diane} says
What great flavors in this, I need to make it PRONTO!
Christiane+~+Taking+On+Magazines says
I can’t believe you have to turn the air conditioning on! It’s a chilly 60some degrees here in North Carolina. That makes this dish the perfect cool night comfort for us. It looks awesome.
Kim+Beaulieu says
Oh em gee!!! This is freaking gorgeous. I can’t wait to try this Erin. Going on my must make list.
Meagan+@+A+Zesty+Bite says
A 20 minute dinner is always a GOOD thing. What a great recipe.
Lisa @ Snappy Gourmet says
What a great quick dinner! And I always need more quick dinner ideas!
Wendy | Around My Family Table says
I agree- can’t wait for the cooler weather to come! I love this since I do not have to heat up the oven.
Carol at Wild Goose Tea says
I love anything that is a peanut sauce flavor—I don’t care the temperature. BUT I think pumpkin is a year round flavor too. But it’s kind of fun to concentrate it in fall time, so we look forward to it. I mean we could have a Xmas tree anytime of the year too.
Jean says
I am pinning this one! I always look for recipes like this but most have these crazy hard-to-find ingredients. But I have most of these right in my cupboard, wahoo!
Weight Loss Website says
This was very yummy. It reminded me of a lot of different Thai foods I have tried. I have loved recipes like this every since I started doing Country Heat.
Amanda says
This is a fantastic flavor with chicken, I could not get enough of it and will definitely be making it again very soon!
Catalina says
This chicken must be so flavorful! You just gave me a great idea for dinner tonight!
katerina @ diethood.com says
I need to try this asap!! It sounds incredibly delicious!! YUM!
Beti | easyweeknightrecipes says
This Peanut Chicken with rice was amazing! My whole family loved it!
Jacque Hastert says
I have added this dinner to my menu for next week. I can’t wait to see how it comes together. I am sure that my family will love it.
Beth says
This looks amazing! My hubby and daughter are going to be all over this recipe! So excited!