Thai Chicken

Life is crazed these days.  Here's a simple, delicious dish to put in rotation.  

Slow Cooker Thai Chicken

 Coarsely chop an onion

Slice a red pepper into strips

 The recipe doesn't call for carrots, but I like to add a few, sliced thick.  Sometimes I put green beans in, too, if I have some on hand.  Or broccoli.

Trim about four chicken breasts, then cut into 1/2 inch strips

 combine 1/2 cup chicken broth, 1/4 cup soy sauce,

 1 Tbsp cumin, 3 cloves minced garlic, 1/2 tsp (or more) of crushed red pepper& some s&P

 mix that together then throw all of the above in the crock pot and mix well

 cover and cook on low all day (recipe says 5 hours but I'm always gone 8 hours and it's fabulous)

 After 5 or 8 or however many hours, and you've congratulated yourself profusely for the joy that is the smell of your house, do the following:

Remove 1 cup of liquid from the crock pot, mix in 2 Tbsp corn starch,

 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter

 Add 1 Tbsp soy sauce and 1/4 cup fresh lime juice. 

 Mix well then dump back in crock pot and stir the whole yummy mess up. 

 Cook on high another 1/2 hour or so.

Meanwhile, chop up 1/2 cup peanuts, 1/2 cup cilantro and a few green onions

 Serve over rice, adding garnish to the plate.  

Enjoy!