Recipe: Peanut Chicken Skewers + Quinoa

This recipe is seriously yummy and most importantly, super easy! One of our friends made the skewers for us as a treat awhile ago and we’ve been begging them for the ‘how to’ ever since. Finally, here it is – and we have permission to share!

Make sure you use a good quality peanut butter with no nasty oils, we love Pic’s but any brand with just peanuts and maybe a little salt in the ingredients list should be pretty great – avoid sunflower oil, weird numbers or additives!

Read on, eat up. You’re welcome.

Peanut Chicken Skewers + Quinoa

Serves 4

What you’ll need:

• 1 Cup Organic crunchy peanut butter
• 1/2 Cup low-sodium chicken stock
• 1 Lime, juiced
• 1 Tablespoon Tamari
• 1 Tablespoon honey
• 500g Chicken breast
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 cup quinoa
• Special equipment: bamboo skewers
• Optional additions: broccoli & avocado

 

Now do this:

1. Combine peanut butter, lime juice, tamari, chicken stock and honey in a small saucepan.
2. Stir to combine and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
3. When peanut butter has melted, season, to taste, with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
4. Preheat grill.
5. Chop chicken breast into chunks and fill Skewers with chicken tenders.
6. Brush both sides with oil and season with salt, pepper.
7. Grill chicken until it is browned on both sides and cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Serve with peanut sauce & quinoa.
8. To cook quinoa, simply stir it into boiling water, cover and simmer over low heat until done. It should take about 15 minutes and the ratio is 1 cup of uncooked quinoa to 2 cups of liquid.

BUF Girl Tip: We love slicing up an avocado and steaming some broccoli to go with this dish – they make the perfect additions!