Slow Cooker Ginger Peanut Chicken

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons minced ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2 skinless chicken breasts this recipe works with both boneless or bone-in chicken breast
  • 8 oz green beans washed and trimmed
  • 2-3 carrots peeled and sliced into strips
  • 4 cups baby potatoes halved (roughly 1lb)
Garnish:
  • Cilantro leaves
  • Crushed peanuts

Instructions

  1. Place the peanut butter in a medium microwavable bowl, and heat for 15 seconds. Stir, and return to the microwave for another 10 seconds, and stir again.
  2. Add the soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger and sesame oil to the bowl. Stir until smooth and completely combined.
  3. Add the chicken breasts to the bowl, and turn to coat in the peanut sauce.
  4. Place the chicken in the base of a slow cooker. Spread any peanut sauce remaining in the bowl over the chicken.
  5. Place the potatoes beside the chicken, and top with the carrots and green beans.
  6. Cook on the lowest setting for 4-6 hours.
  7. Remove the carrots, green beans and potatoes from the slow cooker and arrange on plates.
  8. Shred the chicken between two forks, tossing it in the peanut sauce, and serve. Garnish with cilantro leaves and additional peanuts.
  9. Spoon any additional peanut sauce over the veggies.