Spicy chicken and red peppers topped with a creamy Thai peanut sauce, crunchy peanuts, and served in crisp butter lettuce cups. Easy, healthy, and ready in 20 minutes!
Prep Time: 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 15 minutesminutes
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Total Time: 20 minutesminutes
Servings:4servings
Ingredients
2-3boneless skinless chicken breasts
salt and pepper to taste , (I used about ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper)
1red bell pepper, diced
2tablespoonsoil
1headbutter lettuce, leaves separated
Sauce (see note)
4tablespoonscreamy peanut butter
3tablespoonssoy sauce
2tablespoonswater
½teaspoongarlic powder
2teaspoonsbrown sugar
1teaspoonsriracha
1/4teaspoonsesame oil, (if you have it on hand)
¼cuproasted peanuts, roughly chopped
optional: lime wedges and cilantro for serving
Instructions
Whisk together sauce ingredients and set aside. Dice chicken into small pieces - less than 1/2 inch.
Drizzle pan with oil. Add chicken and saute over medium heat about 5 minutes until browned. Add red peppers and cook another 2-3 minutes until peppers are tender and chicken is fully cooked through.
Fill lettuce leaves with chicken and pepper mixture, then top with peanut sauce and chopped peanuts. Serve with fresh lime wedges if desired, for squeezing on top, and chopped cilantro.
Notes
If you love sauce (like me!) then definitely double the sauce portion of the recipe.