Recipe: Peanut Chicken Skewers + Quinoa
This recipe is seriously yummy and most importantly, super easy! One of our friends made the skewers for us as a treat awhile ago and we’ve been begging them for the ‘how to’ ever since. Finally, here it is – and we have permission to share!Make sure you use a good quality peanut butter with no nasty oils, we love Pic’s but any brand with just peanuts and maybe a little salt in the ingredients list should be pretty great – avoid sunflower oil, weird numbers or additives!Read on, eat up. You're welcome.
Peanut Chicken Skewers + Quinoa
Serves 4What you’ll need:
- 1 Cup Organic crunchy peanut butter
- 1/2 Cup low-sodium chicken stock
- 1 Lime, juiced
- 1 Tablespoon Tamari
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- 500g Chicken breast
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup quinoa
- Special equipment: bamboo skewers
- Optional additions: broccoli & avocado
Now do this:
- Combine peanut butter, lime juice, tamari, chicken stock and honey in a small saucepan.
- Stir to combine and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
- When peanut butter has melted, season, to taste, with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
- Preheat grill.
- Chop chicken breast into chunks and fill Skewers with chicken tenders.
- Brush both sides with oil and season with salt, pepper.
- Grill chicken until it is browned on both sides and cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Serve with peanut sauce & quinoa.
- To cook quinoa, simply stir it into boiling water, cover and simmer over low heat until done. It should take about 15 minutes and the ratio is 1 cup of uncooked quinoa to 2 cups of liquid.
BUF Girl Tip: We love slicing up an avocado and steaming some broccoli to go with this dish – they make the perfect additions!