One thing you must find out about my husband: He married me for a stir fry. Rooster Stir Fry with Thai Peanut Sauce to be explicit.

This rooster and Thai peanut stir fry sauce recipe is each the rationale one of the most causes Ben married me—the primary time I made it, he demolished all of the pot, collapsed right into a meals coma, then proposed two weeks later—and my manner of sharing my appreciation for Ben.

Common readers have accrued a couple of items of dust on Ben:

• He eats an quantity suitable just for a child elephant.
• He has a atypical and infuriating talent to withstand maximum candies (together with addictive salty-sweet pretzel chocolate chip cookies).
• He slept underneath a Superman comforter all 4 years of faculty—and nonetheless would if I allowed it.

What’s now not glaring in my posts is how a lot Ben contributes to Neatly Plated.

• He proofreads posts.
• Waits patiently for breakfast as I {photograph} In a single day French Toast Bake Ideally suited.
• AND endures the unending query of “Which picture seems higher: this one or this one?”

Ben is my weblog’s maximum dependable fan, and I can’t consider operating this web site with out him.

I in the beginning posted this recipe for rooster stir fry with Thai peanut sauce all over a time I used to be capturing my meals footage with a turn telephone underneath the sunshine emitted from our microwave (true tale.)

As of late’s recipe is unchanged from the unique (best the footage had been up to date) since the unique is already worthy of a diamond engagement ring. Actually.

When you find yourself loving this recipe (up to Ben does) take a look at my Neatly Plated Cookbook the place an up to date model of this man-bait of a stir fry lives.

The way to Make Rooster Stir Fry with Thai Peanut Sauce

A peanutty wealthy sauce, with layers of complicated taste, this stir fry is zippy, candy, bitter, recent, and highly spiced multi function magical style bud-blowing chunk.

The Components

• Rooster. We like rooster for this recipe in our area. It is advisable without a doubt change for tofu, pork and even shrimp when you desire.
• Peanut Butter. The bottom for this addictive, wealthy, and creamy sauce.
• Brown Sugar. Simply sufficient to sweeten the sauce and make it style like your favourite takeout recipe (this Speedy Pot Teriyaki Rooster is one in every of my favs).
• Soy Sauce and Rice Vinegar. This dream crew provides salt and acidity to the another way candy sauce.
• Fish Sauce. Don’t let the fish sauce freak you out—it provides a savoriness that makes our Thai peanut stir fry sauce style more…Thai. It’s authentic, agree with me.
• Purple Curry Paste. Brings intensity and a number of spice to the dish. It’s a staple aspect in in Thai recipes (like this Coconut Curry) that you’ll be able to to find within the Asian meals aisle of maximum grocery shops.
• Ginger and Garlic. A dynamic duo that’s necessarily…crucial in all nice stir fry recipes.
• Purple Pepper Flakes. For simply the correct quantity of warmth so as to add some zip.
• Greens. Select your favourite combine of clean or frozen veggies.
• Mushrooms. I like the meatiness and taste recent mushrooms give this dish.
• Cilantro & Peanuts. The very best garnish that provides colour, freshness and crunch to each chunk.
• Brown Rice. Or change for cooked quinoa or whole-wheat spaghetti noodles.

The Instructions

1. Mix and blend the sauce components.
2. Sauté the onion and garlic after which prepare dinner the rooster. Take away the beef from pan and put aside.
3. Upload last greens and mushrooms and saute till tender-crisp.
4. Go back rooster to pan, upload the sauce, and toss to coat. Cook dinner till heated thru after which stir in peanuts and cilantro.
5. Serve over ready brown rice, quinoa, or complete wheat spaghetti. Garnish and ENJOY!