Monday, June 21, 2010

Chicken in Peanut Sauce

   This one is an experiment I did after reading through some thai recipes.  I did not have mountain sauce or thai paste to make it all thai so I improvised because it was one of those day when I was desperate for something different.  The flavor of pineapple, peanuts and capsicum/bell pepper brings the dish together.  My husband thought, for once, it had to be sweeter but I did not add any more sweet than what the pineapple was bringing in. 





Ingredients:

Chicken Breast - 2 cut into small pieces
Onion               - 1/2 of a medium sized one
Ginger              - 1 tspn chopped fine
Garlic               - 1 or 2 tspn chopped fine
Capsicum/ Bell Pepper - 1/2
Green Chilies    - 2 nos
Chili powder    - 1 tspn
Pepper             - for taste
Fish sauce        - 1 tspn
Peanut butter    - 1 Tbspn
Pineapple         - 3/4 cup chunks with some juice (I used canned pineapple chunks)
Canola Oil        - 1 Tbspn
Chicken Stock  - 1 cup





Method:
1. Heat 1 Tbspn of oil in a pan and saute onions, ginger and garlic
2. Follow with chicken pieces till it turns white
3. Add bell peppers and green chilies and saute for a minute
4. Add fish sauce, peanut butter, chili powder and tomatoes and saute
5. Add a cup of chicken stock and cook the chicken until the sauce thickens.  Add ground pepper if you want the dish to be spicier
6. Garnish with spring onions/scallions and serve with rice or rotis







Contributor: Sunitha

50 comments:

  1. hahaa...I'm first one here. This lovely dish look so delicious, hope can have a bite!

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  2. looks very delicious and nice clicks...

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  3. Super presentation, this is just brilliant...!

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  4. Adding pineapple sounds interesting in this preparation. Gravy looks delicious. 3rd click is awesome...

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  5. Owooow..We love thai curries and this one looks yummy Sunitha, Delicious...

    Love
    Kaiali sisters

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  6. super duper presentaion...looks heavenly

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  7. Love Thai recipes..this looks superb, delicious and lovely clicks.

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  8. Excellent.. Now i know what i will be using my peanut butter other that on my toast. The curry looks lovely. The colour and texture looks inviting. I also like bit sweeter versions. Maybe i will spike it up a bit. I like the bowl.

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  9. So delicious!!!
    I love that little flower u have :-)
    I meant to ask u last post where u got them from but got stuck [my laptop], where did u pick the pretty flower bowls?

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  10. Canned pineapple made it sweet..what will be the taste if we use fresh pineapples??

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  11. love thai dishes..that looks incredibly delicious..yummie!

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  12. Awesome clicks as always dear...chicken looks so yummy

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  13. this is just awesome dish .. looks delicious!!!

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  14. Lovely Chicken curry. Looks fabulous!
    I made shrimp curry a bit similar to this (for a guest post) on Father's day.

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  15. Sounds very new>Must be very tasty.

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  16. Pineapples are such a great idea. I make peanuty things all the time, but I never thought about pineapple.

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  17. Such a fantastic dish, looks simply delicious and tempting..

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  18. Sauce looks wonderful and tasty.Beautiful click.

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  19. Beautiful dish, nice click. Looks delicious.

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  20. interesting chicken recipe....classic photo. great

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  21. Hey thats a great presentation and wow such a beautiful simple recipe...thanks for sharing...

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  22. nice presentation.. love the combination...

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  23. The recipe looks marvelous...rich and creamy

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  24. Wow! This is delicious! Chicken and pineapples are a good combination! Love it and the snapshot is beautiful!

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  25. Superb chicken and awesome clicks..

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  26. The chicken looks incredible! Excellent shot!

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  27. thats a nice try.. really delicious thia style curry.. nice pic too

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  28. Deja Vu! I just posted a Thai recipe on my blog and saw your post here. This is lovely. Got to try this sometime.. esp. when I am awefully bored of eating the same old, same old chicken curry! Danke!

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  29. Love thai curries..Beautiful presentation and pics!!

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  30. Wow...lovely chicken...liked the peanut sauce as well.
    Ur pic is soo mouthwatering...too good.

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  31. The chicken is tempting with the peanut sauce..Lovely picture as usual.

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  32. Once i tried apeanut chicken recipe from some book n it was a flop for me.Yours look so temptong.Lemme try this ...

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  33. That looks awesome and the recipe is simple :)

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  34. This recipe luks superb...like the colour of the dish.

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  35. This is a wonderful recipe. All of the flavors you have used sound so good. Thanks for sharing it.

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  36. Lovely looking curry you've got there! Must be nice to eat with pharatas!

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  37. very innovative dear,never had this,thanks for sharing,

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  38. Nothing more to add from the earlier 45 comments. They are testimony of how wonderful this chicken peanut recipe looks.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  39. Delicious Chicken, Nice click !

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  40. i thought i just saw microwave peda recipe....still editing?....btw, this one looks like a delicious recipe!

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  41. Im drooling all over the keyboard...fantastic!!!1

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  42. superb presentation..looks mouthwatering

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