Category: Chicken

Thai Chicken Won-tons With Peanut Dipping Sauce

Hey fellow food friends, welcome to Meat Your Vegetables. A safe food space for carnivores and herbivores alike.  I am Daniel Peikes, by day I do something boring that no one understands for a bank, and on nights and weekend I like to play with my…food.

My partner in crime is Rachel. She is a pescatarian (which means she eats fish but not meat), but is sensitive to needs of all types of eaters.  One of our regular features will we an ingredient challenge, where one of us provides something for us both to cook with that is a little out of the other’s wheelhouse.

I came in to possession of copious  amounts of slightly damaged chicken breast.  They didn’t look very pretty but they tasted fine, so I figured this was the perfect occasion for me to challenge Rachel to a chicken throw down.  I have been dying to play around with some Thai flavors and needed something that would hide the poor aesthetics of the chicken.

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Thai Chicken Won-Tons With Peanut Dipping Sauce
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
2 hrs 15 mins
 
Course: Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine: Thai
Servings: 12 Pieces
Author: Daniel Peikes
Ingredients
  • 1 Pound Boneless, Skinless chicken breasts About 3 medium sized breasts
  • 1 recipe Thai Marinade See recipe below
  • 12 Won-ton skins Thawed
  • 1 Egg Beaten
  • Vegetable Oil for Frying
Instructions
  1. Add the whole chicken breasts into the marinade and let it marinate in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
  2. Chop the the chicken with a chef's knife into a very fine dice.
  3. Fill the won-ton skins with the chicken, seal with the beaten egg, and crimp the edges.
  4. In a dutch oven or a large heavy pot add enough oil to come about 3/4 the way to the top. Place over medium heat and bring the oil to about 350 F. A frying/candy thermometer is an excellent tool for this.
  5. Fry the won-tons in batches of three, as to not crowd the pan, until golden brown. Be careful that your oil does not get too hot or too.
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Thai Marinade
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
 
Course: Sauce
Cuisine: Thai
Author: Daniel Peikes
Ingredients
  • 1/4 Cup Soy Sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon Rice Wine Vinegar
  • 1" Piece Ginger Grated
  • 3 Cloves Fresh Garlic Chopped
  • 1 Shallot Chopped
  • 1" Piece Lemongrass Sliced thinly
  • Juice from 1 Medium Lime
  • 3 Kafir Lime Leaves
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Black Pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar
  • 1 Teaspoon Garlic Chili Paste
  • 1 Fistfull Cilantro Chopped
Instructions
  1. Combine all the ingredients and stir thoroughly to combine. Add you the protein or vegetable you want to marinate and let it sit if the fridge for a minimum of an hour.
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Peanut Dipping Sauce
Course: Sauce
Cuisine: Thai
Author: Daniel Peikes
Ingredients
  • 1/4 Cup Creamy Peanut butter
  • 1 Tablespoon Rice Wine Vinegar
  • 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons Coconut Milk
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes Optional
Instructions
  1. Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan. Cook oven low heat stirring constantly until combined.

Please let me know what you think of the dish in the comments, and if you like my Chicken dish or Rachel’s better.  You can find her’s here: Coconut Chicken and Spicy Soba Noodles

Coconut Chicken and Spicy Soba Noodles

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Hello fellow eaters and welcome to meatyourvegetables.com!  We are super excited you’re here an joining us on this delicious journey!

So, here’s the scoop.  Each post features a different secret ingredient, chosen by one of us.  Daniel started the challenge with – Chicken!!

For those of you who know me and my blog www.riskyveggie.com, you know that I’m a pescetarian (or, a fish-eating vegetarian), but, I am married to quite the carnivore, so I am fairly comfortable with cooking meat and chicken, so that didn’t scare me.  Bring it on!

This is a great recipe for a crowd and you can make all of the components in advance!  Cook the chicken, make the soba noodles and the dressing all separate and assemble a few hours before you serve it!  It definitely needs a few hours to let the dressing soak into the soba noodles and coleslaw and brings all the flavors together.  Soba noodles are a great pasta alternative for those of you who are gluten-free, plus they cook insanely fast!

Here it is – one of my versions of an awesome chicken dish!  And luckily, it got the “hubs seal-of-approval”.

Please let me know what you think of the dish in the comments, and if you like my Chicken dish or Daniel’s better.  You can find her’s here:  Thai Chicken Won-tons With Peanut Dipping Sauce

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Coconut chicken and spicy soba noodle salad
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 25 mins
 
Grilled coconut chicken served over a salad of soba noodles, coleslaw, cashews, red onion, cashews, cilantro and a spicy sriracha sauce!
Course: Main Dish
Servings: 8 people
Author: Rachel Katzman
Ingredients
  • 4 Boneless, Skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 can Full-fat coconut milk
  • 2 packages soba noodles
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1 tsp 21 seasoning salute
  • 1/4 cup Unseasoned Rice Wine Vinegar
  • 4 tbsp coconut aminos (sub soy sauce or tamari)
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice (bottled of fresh)
  • 2 tbsp Dijon Mustard
  • 1 tbsp Sriracha
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp cumin
  • 1 handful fresh cilantro
  • 1/4 cup Cashews
  • 1/2 package coleslaw mix (1/2 of 16 oz package)
  • 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
Recipe Notes
  1. In a plastic zip top bag, mix the coconut milk, salt, pepper, 21 seasoning salute, and curry powder.
    1. This "21 seasoning salute" is a great mix of herbs and spices from Trader Joes - love this stuff
  2. Add in the chicken breasts and marinate at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.
  3. Heat up a grill pan, and cook chicken for 15-20 minutes until fully cooked.
  4. Meanwhile, cook soba noodles according to package directions.  Drain under cold water.
  5. Make the dressing:  Mix the rice wine vinegar, coconut aminos (you can use soy sauce or tamari sauce instead), lemon juice, Dijon mustard, sriracha, garlic powder and cumin.
  6. Mix the dressing with the cooled soba noodles and add in coleslaw mix.
  7. Once the chicken is cool enough to handle, slice into small strips, and add into the soba noodle and coleslaw mixture.
  8. Add the cashews, cilantro, and red onion.
    1. totally option, but you can toast them in a hot, dry skillet for a few minutes for an extra nutty fragrance)
  9. Mix and serve at room temp or cold!