How To Make Healthy Thai Peanut Chicken Zucchini Noodles
Zucchini noodles are a light and healthy alternative to pasta. In this recipe, they’re cooked in a Thai-inspired peanut and lime sauce.
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: 10 minutes
Total: 25 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1clovegarlic,minced
- 2tspfresh ginger,minced
- 4tbsppeanut butter
- 1lime,zested and juiced
- 2tbspsoy sauce
- ¼tspred pepper flakes
- 2tbspcanola oil
- 2cupschicken breast,cooked and shredded
- 3zucchini,spiral sliced
- 2large carrots,spiral sliced
- 1red pepper,spiral sliced
- ⅓cupfresh cilantro,chopped
- ¼cupgreen onions,diced
- unsalted roasted peanuts,chopped, optional as a garnish
- lime wedges,optional as a garnish
Instructions
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Add the garlic, ginger, peanut butter, lime juice and zest, soy sauce and red pepper flakes to a small bowl and mix together.
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To a large frying pan, add canola oil on high heat.
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Add the zucchini, carrots and bell peppers to the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes until just wilted, stirring occasionally.
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Add in the chicken, sauce, cilantro and green onions and toss together until all warmed through.
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Garnish with peanuts and wedges of lime if desired.
Nutrition
- Calories: 278.87kcal
- Fat: 17.64g
- Saturated Fat: 3.56g
- Trans Fat: 0.11g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8.63g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.29g
- Carbohydrates: 11.89g
- Fiber: 3.36g
- Sugar: 6.03g
- Protein: 20.39g
- Cholesterol: 48.21mg
- Sodium: 369.09mg
- Calcium: 51.33mg
- Potassium: 664.32mg
- Iron: 1.55mg
- Vitamin A: 265.31µg
- Vitamin C: 51.19mg
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