If I had to pick a favorite kind of food, it would be Indian or Thai.
Unfortunately, cooking authentic Indian sauces requires a lot of ingredients and time and patience, most of which I lack. My neighbor is Indian and I once asked her if she knew how to make Matar Paneer, one of my favorites. She actually came over one day with a cute little bag of ingredients and cooked it FOR me. I watched, and wished I could have had the foresight to record her efforts on video because I will NEVER be able to duplicate it.
Thankfully, we have a great Indian place close by that can cater to my cravings and it’s only too spicy about 50% of the time….
Thai is another love. The peanut sauce….. it’s sooooooo good.
With my newfound calorie awareness, I was really excited when I stumbled across a recipe for Thai Chicken Skewers on Pinterest. There is this stuff called PB2. Powdered peanut butter…. it has 85% LESS fat calories than the good old peanut butter that I love eat off the spoon. Two tablespoons of powder has only 45 calories! It’s just powdered peanuts, pressed to squeeze out the fat and oil. Anyway, that is how the peanut sauce in this recipe can taste so good, and also not kill you with extra calories. I got mine from Amazon, but I guess plenty of health food and even regular grocery stores carry it.
So here are the ingredients from emilybites.com, I highly recommend checking it, and her other recipes out.
Ingredients:
Chicken & Marinade Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil (found by the Asian sauces)
- Juice from one lime
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha (Asian chili sauce found with the other Asian ingredients)
- 1/8 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- 1 ½ pounds (24 oz) raw boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized chunks
- You’ll also need 9” skewers – if using wooden skewers you should soak them in water for about 30 minutes before use
Peanut Sauce Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons PB2
powdered peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon Sriracha
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
It’s so fast just to throw it all together. I double the amounts, using it for chicken, veggies, tofu. Great flavor even without marinating for longer than 20 minutes.
Ready to grill…….
Just off the grill……
Oh, the sauce……. it’s great on everything. You can play with the proportions, make it spicy or more mild to your taste. My kids love it. I love it. Life is good.
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