So, tonight I think I cooked the best meal I have ever cooked, hands down. EVER. That's a bold statement. I stand by it. I came across this recipe for peanut sauce on Pinterest a while ago and pinned it because I love all things Thai and peanut sauce is a particular favorite. A couple weeks later I actually clicked the link and discovered that this recipe was handed down from a Thai mother to her daughter and had been adapted, simplified and perfected over many years. How could a recipe like that be anything BUT delicious?! I thawed out the chicken earlier in the week, eagerly anticipating what promised to be a delightful meal. However, this is the last week before school starts and we have been crazy with school shopping, eleven year old shots, {getting the car battery replaced}, meet the teacher nights, school nurse visits and all else that accompany our return to public education. Every evening my peanut chicken got bumped back in favor of a simpler sounding dish. Tonight was just as busy as any other -- Brent took Ri to meet-the-teacher at 4:45 and then went directly to scouts. Sis and I were heading to meet-the-teacher at 6:00. D was sleeping on the couch after staying up much too late at a sleep-over last night. But I (and my thawed out chicken} could wait no longer. I cooked the meal and served it unceremoniously to myself and Sis as we prepared to run out the door and it did not disappoint. It's a shame really, because a meal this delicious deserves to be served beautifully to a family seated at a table and savored. Each and every bite appreciated and enjoyed thoroughly, not wolfed down standing over the kitchen sink. Or reheated and wolfed down at 8:30 by guys so hungry they could have eaten the kitchen sink itself. This recipe is going into our regular rotation, for sure. Here's the kicker -- it was SO EASY! Twenty minutes, no special skills required. That's a keeper in my book.
Here's what I discovered in my hasty preparation this evening: The
original peanut sauce recipe says not to use regular peanut butter. You're supposed to use that fancy schmancy natural peanut butter. I didn't remember that when I went grocery shopping so I used the ghetto stuff I usually buy and it was absolutely perfect. The best peanut sauce I've ever had the pleasure of ingesting. No joke. Also, it makes a lot. Like 3 1/2 cups. I read that it keeps well in the fridge or you can freeze it. Or you can cook more chicken tomorrow and eat it again, which I plan to do. I used
this recipe for the chicken {broiled it in my oven instead of grilling} and then SMOTHERED it in peanut sauce. If you try it, I promise you won't regret it!
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