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In this easy Thai Peanut Chicken Noodle Stir Fry mixed vegetables and chicken are tossed with whole wheat udon noodles and a spicy sweet Thai peanut sauce! And it comes together in under 20 minutes! Dinner is served!
I love peanut sauce. I will eat it on anything. At a restaurant, I will soak up every last peanuty drop that is given to me. But at home, the perfect sauce has eluded me.
This recipe was born out of an equal quantity of convenience and desperation. Not generally a winning combination, but here it worked!
The stir fry is incredibly easy ! I used a bag of frozen mixed cauliflower, broccoli and carrots, so all you need to chop is 1 small onion and your chicken. Most of your time will be spent waiting for the noodle water to boil! But even those are fast – my whole-wheat udon noodles cook in under 6 minutes!
Just like any good Thai sauce it has a little sweet, a little salty, a little spicy and a littly tangy! The sauce as written is thick, which is how I like it. I loosened it up considerably for the photos. If you want the sauce to be more like the photos, whisk in ½ cup of additional water.
20 minutes start to finish and dinner is on the table! It checks the box for ‘incredibly comforting’, just like my Italian Sausage Soup.
Faster, better and more flavorful than take-out! This shrimp lo mein is also easy and much better than take-out, or try these miso peanut noodles for another thai-inspired dish.
If you tried this recipe and loved it please leave a 🌟 star rating and let me know how it goes in the comments below. I love hearing from you; your comments make my day!
Easy Thai Peanut Chicken Noodle Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 1 pound skinless boneless chicken
- 1 pound broccoli, cauliflower and carrot mix thawed and drained
- 1 medium onion coarsely chopped
- kosher salt
- black pepper
- ½ cup natural peanut butter
- ¼ cup rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar packed
- 4 teaspoons roasted red chili paste
- ¾ -1 cup water
- Crushed red pepper flakes for serving
- 1 box Udon Noodles
Instructions
- Start cooking your noodles immediately. Follow the package directions but do make sure to rinse them twice with cold water and drain.
- Thaw your vegetables in the microwave and drain. Chop your onion, set aside. Rinse and pat dry your chicken and cut into 1 inch pieces. Sprinkle with pepper and 2 pinches kosher salt
- In a small saucepan mix peanut butter, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, chili paste and ½ cup water. Whisk gently to incorporate. Heat over low heat until hot. If a thinner sauce is desired, add more water.
- Heat a large cast iron skillet or another large skillet over medium heat until hot. If you have a properly seasoned cast iron skillet you will not need to add any oil, if not, add a tablespoon of canola oil. Cook chicken, browning on both sides, working in batches if necessary. Remove from pan, cover, and set aside.
- Add little bit of oil and cook onion until it just begins to look translucent around the edges. Add the thawed veggies and cook until some pieces begin to brown and they are warmed through. Add your chicken back to the pan and mix to combine.
- That’s it! Crazy!
- I like to add my peanut sauce for each portion because everyone likes a different amount. In a medium mixing bowl add a portion of the noodles, some chicken and veggies, and a several spoonfuls of the warmed peanut sauce. Toss to coat. Sprinkle with red chili flakes and serve immediately!
Mmm, I love the combination of a stir fry with a peanuty-thai noodle dish. Looks delicious!
Thanks, Pamela! Mmmm peanut sauce
I can never say no to a great noodle stir fry dish – one of my favorite quick dinners to make. This Thai version has delicious written all over it!
Me neither! Most nights I want easy and fast!
Wow, I can’t believe this took under 30 minutes! I want to grab a big bowl of this right now for dinner!
I know, right! All that goodness in less time than takeout!
What a wonderful idea for dinner 🙂 Must have been really tasty.. I am eager to give it a try,
Thanks, Ella!
How simple and delicious this stir fry looks! Love it! The peanut sauce sounds fantastic! Pinned!
Incredible recipe, Linds! Cannot get over the fact that it can be made in under 20 minutes, too. Your stir fry and sauce looks scrumptious! Oh, girl…you and your Ghirardelli shipment from Walmart…too funny! I’m the same way with Amazon and Guittard. (I can never find their white chocolate chips anywhere local.) The irony is I’m planning on a large order before spring and summer arrive and it’s too warm to ship chocolate. Cold packs sometimes don’t work, so it’s time to stock up! Thanks for sharing and wishing you a smooth transition to NYC. I’ll be thinking of you on Saturday! xo
Thanks, Stacy! I was sooo excited to get the box with the chocolate chips! I’ll have to order some Guittard from Amazon too! Those are beyond amazing and I can’t find them either. You are so right! Now is definitely the time to stock up…because there is no point in chocolate chips melted into one solid block! lol
Peanut sauce is the shizzle, L! It reminds me of Chow Baby…which remains one of my favorite restaurants in Atlanta. I have no idea if I’d even like it anymore, but I remember loving it back when we lived there. It was peanut sauce all the way for me. And brown rice. Lots of brown rice. I’m totally making this stir fry one night coming up…as soon as we don’t have a fridge full of random leftovers!
Also, I have an extra wood table and chairs you can borrow for a few months. Only challenge is figuring out how to get them down to NYC!
David – I just need to take a minute here to tell you how *creepy* similar we are! So back when I worked at GE, which would be around the time you were here, Chow Baby was one of my favorite places to drag my team to lunch! They opened one in Midtown and I’ve never been! I’m not sure I’d like it any more either, but Chow Baby is totally what I was going for here! I always got the peanut sauce and noodles 🙂
You totally should make this soon! You could even use brown rice…that would be delish!
ps- If I end up crying in the middle of IKEA on Sunday, I will totally take you up on that offer! Thank you!!!
My dinner for tonight! The 3 picture did it for me! Yummm!
Thanks, Sophie! I hope you did make it! So easy!
yes, i did & loved it too! 🙂 So good!