My hubby found the lid of our food processer in the recycling today. How in the world did it get in there?!? Luckily he noticed it before emptying our bin on the curb and disaster was avoided. I haven’t gotten enough sleep this week, and apparently it caught up with me! Whenever I’m having a super busy week, I go on autopilot in the kitchen and whip up a simple pasta dish that takes care of both the protein and veggie components of the meal.
I make this dish at least once a month and always have all the ingredients on hand because it’s one my favorites! Hearty whole wheat penne, chicken, and broccoli florets are coated in a light and spicy peanut sauce. Simple, easy, delicious.
Peanut Sauce Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli
Printable Recipe
Ingredients:
1 pound whole wheat penne pasta
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch pieces
8 cups frozen broccoli florets
1 1/2 cups cold chicken stock
2 tablespoons cornstarch
6 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper (or to taste)
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
Directions:
Cook pasta according to package directions. Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to pan; sauté 5 to 7 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked and no longer pink in the center. Remove chicken from pan. Meanwhile, prepare broccoli in the microwave according to the package directions.
Mix chicken stock and cornstarch together in a small bowl. Add soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, honey, and crushed red pepper; mix well and add peanut butter.
Pour sauce mixture into skillet the chicken was cooked in and heat for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring constantly, or until peanut butter melts, and sauce thickens and bubbles. Mix pasta, sauce, chicken, and broccoli, and stir until sauce evenly coats all the ingredients. Makes 8 servings.
Nutrition: 508 calories, 14.7g fat, 8.g fiber, 36.4g protein per serving
Cost: $1.01 per serving
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The peanut sauce sounds great with the soy sauce and sesame oil and honey – I have to try it with pasta too!
I make something really similar to this and it’s one of our FAV’S!!! Yours looks really great, I love that you added broccoli florets! I’ll have to do that next time! yum!
OH MAN, Kerstin!!! This dish sounds totally fabulous. All you had to do was say peanut and pasta together and I was sold. Man, what a great, simple, FLAVORFUL meal. I’m saving this one in my weeknight recipe folder. By the way, SOOOO glad you found the top to your food processor. How funny! It’s amazing how things have a tendency to hide in the strangest places.
I’ve been totally out of it too! I’m blaming the Dayquil for the fact that I put the milk in the pantry. Ha! My husband found my mistake too, before it was too late. Good think we have them around!
O no! It’s a good thing you got your lid back. We lose things around the kitchen all the time, knives, spoons, forks…ending in the garbage..haha
I love chicken and broccoli with pasta! I’m allergic to peanuts, but just discovered sunflower seed butter which has the same consistency as peanut butter. I can try this now!
I always turn to pasta, too when I’m short on time. This spicy peanut sauce looks wonderful!
MMMMMMM…This pasta dish is calling my mouth,…….MMMMMMMM!!!
good thing you didn’t lose that lid!! this looks awesome
i “forgot” about pasta for awhile, but i have a bunch, so I should put it to good use!
The peanut sauce is the most innovating idea over pasta. This dish looks ready for me to dive into!
peanut sauce! yum! I’ve tried something like this, except with ALMOND sauce.
This looks super fantastic Kerstin, I loveit. Honey, peanut butter, broccoli.. so delicious, nice choice! Fabulous picture!
This looks very nice, I ‘ve never tried a dinner like this before!
I’ve never attempted to make the peanut sauce from scratch. I always use House of Tsang brand peanut sauce (found in the chinese section of the store).
I LOVE peanut sauce and I am so happy you posted the recipe because next time I will try making it myself.
Glad you found the lid before it was gone for good! Great pasta dish!
Oh yum! I just got some peanut butter and I am looking for good ways to use it up!
This sounds great. Chicken and broccoli are so good together, and the sauce sounds fantastic!
The peanut sauce sounds delicious. Lucky your husband found the lid. That would have been a pain to replace.
This looks so good! I’m a sucker for peanut sauce so I’ll definitely have to give this a try!!
Hey there. Thanks so much for coming by. I love the name of your blog and everything I have seen looks so amazing! This dish looks incredible, just right up my alley!