Thai Chicken Sauté

This delicious Thai chicken dinner makes for an exotic weeknight dinner that comes together quickly. It features traditional Thai flavors like fish sauce, Sriracha, fresh ginger, coconut milk, and cilantro. For more dinner ideas like this, see our complete collection of Thai recipes.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 1/2 cups chicken mixture, 1/2 cup rice, and 1 lime wedge)

Ingredients

• 1  (3 1/2-ounce) bag boil-in-bag rice
• 1 1/2  pounds  chicken breast tenders
• 1  tablespoon  cornstarch
• 1  tablespoon  fish sauce
• 4  teaspoons  canola oil, divided
• 1  cup  sliced onion
• 2  teaspoons  bottled minced garlic
• 1  teaspoon  bottled ground fresh ginger (such as Spice World)
• 1/2  cup  light coconut milk
• 2  tablespoons  Sriracha (hot chile sauce, such as Huy Fong)
• 1  tablespoon  sugar
• 1  tablespoon  fresh lime juice
• 2  tablespoons  chopped fresh cilantro
• 4  lime wedges

Preparation

Cook rice according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Keep warm.

Toss chicken with cornstarch and fish sauce. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to pan; sauté 5 minutes. Remove chicken from pan. Heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil in pan. Add onion, garlic, and ginger to pan; sauté 1 minute. Return chicken to pan; cook 1 minute or until done. Stir in coconut milk, Sriracha, sugar, and juice; cook 45 seconds or until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle each serving with 1 1/2 teaspoons cilantro. Serve chicken mixture over rice with lime wedges.

Kitchen Notes

Use less hot sauce for milder flavor.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

403 (24% from fat)

Fat:

10.8g (sat 3.1g,mono 4.3g,poly 2.4g)

Protein:

42.6g

Carbohydrate:

31.4g

Fiber:

0.5g

Cholesterol:

108mg

Iron:

2.4mg

Sodium:

650mg

Calcium:

32mg