Monday, April 16, 2007

Today is crockpot cooking day. I thought I’d try making the crockpot peanut chicken recipe I found at the website for A Taste of Thai. But I was missing a couple key ingredients. Undeterred, I decided to experiment with my own recipe. It has been simmering away in the crockpot for the past several hours - I’ll let you know how it turns out later.

Here’s what I did:

1 packet each from Peanut Sauce Mix and Spicy Peanut Bake
1 can coconut milk
1 Tbsp minced garlic
1 medium onion, sliced into 1/4 inch rounds
2 sweet potatoes, washed and sliced into 1/4 inch rounds
2 Tbsp oil, divided
Salt and pepper
About 5-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Directions:
1 Pour 1 inner envelope Peanut Sauce Mix, half of the coconut milk, and garlic into crock pot. Mix well.
2 Layer with onion slices and then with sweet potatoes. Brush sweet potatoes with 1 tablespoon oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Top vegetables with chicken and brush with remaining tablespoon oil. Lightly salt and pepper. Pour in the rest of the coconut milk.
3 Sprinkle chicken with 1 inner envelope of Spicy Peanut Bake Mix. Cover with lid and cook 4 hours on high or 6-7 hours on low.
4 Serve chicken with accumulated juices.

I plan to make jasmine rice to serve with the chicken and I’ll make some other veggie for me since I’m not a fan of sweet potatoes.

[UPDATE (6:15 pm)]: It was OK - the chicken was a bit bland; Beau liked the sweet potatoes. I’m going to tweak it some, but we both think it’s worth repeating.