Crockpot Thai Peanut Chicken Recipe
Thai food rocks my world. I could seriously eat it every-single-day. This Crockpot Thai Peanut Chicken Recipe has a subtle and sweet peanut flavor that will bring everyone’s love over to the Thai side!!!!!(sorry, was that too much?)
But all joking aside, this is a great recipe to introduce some yummy Thai cuisine to your family. You can serve it over rice, noodles, as a salad topper or in lettuce wraps. And the fact that you can set-it and forget-it in the crockpot makes this a KEEPER! How do you plan on serving your Crockpot Thai Peanut Chicken?
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Crockpot Thai Peanut Chicken Recipe
- 2 lbs, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 small red or orange bell pepper, sliced
- 1 small yellow bell pepper, sliced
- 1 white onion, chopped
- ½ cup chunky peanut butter
- 1 Tablespoon lime juice
- ½ cup chicken broth
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoons of honey
- 1/4 cup crushed peanuts for topping
- Optional: brown rice or noodles to serve over, large butter lettuce leaves for lettuce wraps, 1/4 cup Cilantro, diced (as a topping)
- Place peppers and onion at the bottom of the crockpot. This will act as a “stand” for the chicken, so it doesn’t dry out.
- Next place chicken on top. In a bowl, mix together peanut butter, lime juice, chicken broth, soy sauce, and honey. Pour sauce over chicken.
- Cook for 3-4 hours on HIGH or 6 on LOW. When 15 minutes remain of cooking time, shred chicken with two forks. Cover and continue cooking for the remainder of the time. Remove from crockpot and serve over brown rice, noodles, OR using as a salad topper or in lettuce wraps!
- We topped ours with peanuts, and cilantro. Go ahead, lick the screen… you know you want to 😉
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Crockpot Thai Peanut Chicken Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 lbs skinless chicken breasts
- 1 small red or orange bell pepper sliced
- 1 small yellow bell pepper sliced
- 1 white onion chopped
- ½ cup chunky peanut butter
- 1 Tablespoon lime juice
- ½ cup chicken broth
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoons of honey
- 1/4 cup crushed peanuts for topping
- Optional:
- brown rice or noodles to serve over large butter lettuce leaves for lettuce wraps
- 1/4 cup Cilantro diced (as a topping)
Instructions
- Place peppers and onion at the bottom of the crockpot. This will act as a "stand" for the chicken, so it doesn't dry out.
- Next place chicken on top.
- In a bowl, mix together peanut butter, lime juice, chicken broth, soy sauce, and honey. Pour sauce over chicken.
- Cook on HIGH for 3-4 hours or 6 on LOW. When 15 minutes remain of cooking time, shred chicken with two forks. Cover and continue cooking for the remainder of the time. Remove from crockpot and serve over brown rice, noodles, OR using as a salad topper or lettuce wrap!
- Top with peanuts, and if you like, cilantro.
Nutrition
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Post updated September 2020
No peppers or onion (we mostly don’t like) or lime. Thinking of trying carrots on the bottom of the crock and subbing lemon juice. Will it be awful?
Hmmmm. The carrots should be fine, but I am worried about the lemon. Most people who have made this don’t even notice the peppers or onions. They really do cook down to barely nothing.
Hi Corey!
Do you think this would be overcooked if it was left for 8 hrs on low? I work from 8-5 and wouldnt be able to get home after 6.
I use a lamp timer when I use my crockpot during a work day for that reason. I set it to go on an hour or two after I leave for the day depending on needed cook time. My meats are generally still a bit frozen when I use my crockpot. I set the timer to turn off after time needed to cook. My timer will turn off before I get home. dinner is hot, ready and not over cooked when the family & I get home.
There is a crock pot that is sold at JCPenny in the Michael Graves collection that has a delayed start option.
Very handy when you need your meal to start later in the day. It is very stylish too, silver and a orange/rust color.
You should never used delayed start slow cookers with raw meat, but there are slow cookers now that will cook your meal and then switch to warm for up to six hours. Otherwise I’d make it on the weekend. Chicken never needs more than about 4.5 hours to cook. I use thighs, because they remain much more moist than breasts.
I had to host a dinner for 8 on my workday. Ugh! This recipe was perfect. The other family doesn’t like spicey so my hubby and I added cayenne pepper to ours. I was so stressed out having to host this dinner and this Thai chicken was just sooo easy. I look forward to trying your other dishes.
Thanks Jayne! I am so glad my recipe helped you out 🙂
This is my new favorite slow cooker recipe. I put it over quinoa and it was delicious!
Thanks Robyn!
In step 3 should it say on high for 3-4 and on low for 6? It has the word low before the 3-4 and then says on High after.
Sorry for the confusion. It is on HIGH for 3-4 or Low for 6 🙂