The Meal I Didn’t Know I Wanted.
Effectively, that was tasty.
What you’re is a a bowl of caramelized peanut rooster, on a tangled mattress of vermicelli noodles, with some herbs and cucumber salad, topped with extra of that peanut sauce.
After what has felt like a sort of lengthy rut of post-holiday life / overwhelm / meh cooking, my first chunk of this simply woke me up inside. It revived me in simply the precise approach.
Second of all, and associated – have you ever seen the Dealer Joe’s Peanut Satay Sauce? It’s your ticket to creating this stupidly simple. It’s scrumptious, thick, creamy, and delicate sufficient for 4 out of 4 of our little Scandinavian household to find it irresistible. You can purchase a jar and make this.
Should you don’t have a Dealer Joe’s close by, do this peanut sauce as an alternative! I exploit it in a similar way with tofu and I believe it could be completely good right here. The sesame oil in there’s chef’s kiss scrumptious.
And no shock, I’m nonetheless loving and utilizing these PFAS-free nonstick pans, and so they work very well on this recipe.
January is just not actually anybody’s favourite (is it anybody’s favourite)? however you understand what? We’ve noodles. We’ve caramelized bites of rooster. We’ve recent mint, little jars of sauce, and taste pleasure.
Let’s have a giant bowl of noodles / rooster / peanut sauce / salad and do not forget that we’re going to be okay.
Description
I like a shortcut dinner hack! These bowls characteristic caramelized peanut rooster, a tangle of vermicelli noodles, recent herbs and cucumber salad, and peanut sauce throughout high.
Rooster
- 1 lb. boneless skinless rooster breasts or thighs, minimize into skinny slices
- 8-ounce jar Thai peanut satay sauce (from Dealer Joe’s)
- 1 clove grated garlic
Cucumber Salad
- 2 cups thinly sliced cucumber (1 giant English cucumber)
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced pink onion (about 1/4 an onion)
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- salt and sugar to style
Noodles and Toppers
- 4 ounces vermicelli noodles
- just a few tablespoons of crushed peanuts
- just a few sprigs of herbs – I like mint, cilantro, and basil as a result of I’m an herb hog!
- Marinate the Rooster: Marinate the rooster with half the jar of sauce and the garlic for about half-hour to an hour.
- Cucumber Salad: In the meantime, toss the cucumbers, onions, oil, vinegar, salt and sugar collectively.
- Prepare dinner the Rooster: Warmth a small quantity of oil in a nonstick pan over medium warmth; add rooster, let it sit undisturbed for a couple of minutes to caramelize, then flip and repeat till the rooster is cooked via and golden brown. To caramelize it additional, you may add a pinch of sugar in the direction of the top.
- Make a Bowl: Serve the rooster over rice noodles, with a number of the cucumber salad, recent herbs, and peanuts.
- Sauce: Utilizing your remaining sauce, add a little bit of water, soy sauce, or chili oil to the jar to skinny it out into extra of a dressing. Drizzle over the bowls and dive into that.
Notes
Should you don’t have entry to a Dealer Joe’s to purchase the peanut satay sauce, strive this peanut sauce as an alternative! Use about 1/3 cup to marinate the rooster in step 1, after which 1/3 cup to dilute into the dressing in step 5!
- Prep Time: 30
- Prepare dinner Time: 15
- Class: Dinner
- Technique: Stovetop
- Delicacies: Thai
Key phrases: satay sauce, thai peanut sauce, peanut sauce, peanut noodles, rooster
