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
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!