Open-Faced Thai Peanut Chicken Sub Sandwiches

By Jackie618

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter (or smooth if that’s your bag)
• 5 Tbs. coconut milk
• juice from half a lime
• 1 Tbs. soy sauce
• 1 tsp fish sauce
• 3 tsp sambal oelek (or 2 tsp sriracha)
• 1 Tbs. freshly minced ginger
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup freshly chopped cilantro
• 1 Tbs. peanut oil
• 1 pound chicken breasts, cut into a small dice
• 1 pinch coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1 carrot, julienned
• 2 scallions, finely diced
• 3 hoagie subs, sliced in half
• chopped peanuts for garnish

Details

Adapted from bevcooks.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, whisk together the peanut butter through the cilantro. Cover and let sit on the counter about 45 minutes.

Heat the peanut oil in a wok over high heat. Add the diced chicken to the wok and toss to sear all over, 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Off the heat, drain any collected juices from the chicken. Then add the Thai peanut sauce and toss to coat the chicken. Taste a piece just to make sure everything feels good in your life.

Lightly toast the sliced subs. Spoon a good mixture of that awesome sloppy chicken-ness onto the subs. Top with carrots, scallions and chopped peanuts.

* a quicker weeknight option is to just use the bottled Thai peanut sauce, but you should definitely give the homemade version a whiz!