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
so good! my boyfriend now begs me to make this all of the time. I added ginger, thai curry paste, garlic, and sesame oil.
How did you add ginger? Sounds great!
Use a rasp or a cheese grater with a bulb of fresh ginger, and grate about 1 tablespoon’s worth, more or less to your liking.
Do you think I could put broccoli in this too? Or would the broccoli be too mushy by the end? Would green beans work? Or should I make the vegetables on the side? I’m new to crock pots and not sure how things cook?
Thank you!
Hannah
I haven’t tried this with veggies yet. I would add them in near the end of the cooking time, or just make them on the side.
If I’m using frozen chicken breasts, do I thaw them first, or do I just use them frozen and then lengthen the cooking time?
Did anyone reply about using frozen breasts? And I think I’m going to dice a sweet potato intro the bottom layer! Bad idea?
I’ve read that adding frozen chicken is totally fine- it just adds a little extra liquid! So excited to try this recipe tonight!
Thanks for the recipe. It’s my second crockpot recipe, after your amazing tortellini soup. That one’s a tough act to follow. But, this is terrific. I loved it. One daughter liked it. And, the other daughter said “Can I just eat the rice?” Ha! Cna’t win them all…I’ll make this again nonetheless.
Glad I found your site 🙂
YAY! I am so happy ya’ll loved it!
Hi! I just got a slow cooker for Christmas and was so happy to stumble upon your post with 30 great slow cooker recipes. I just made this recipe and I am very happy with how the flavour turned out however I expected the sauce to be a lot thicker than it was. After 4 hours of cooking on high, I ended up with a lot of thin sauce, basically at a broth type consistency. However I did only use 4 chicken breasts which was around a little more than a pound of chicken. Is that how it was supposed to turn out? Just curious. I still really love the flavour. And I expect the sauce will most likely thicken up overnight in the fridge. Can’t wait to try out more recipes 🙂
That’s just how sauces turn out in a slow cooker. You can always thicken on the stovetop with cornstarch.