Sheet Pan Peanut Chicken

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If you are a fan of chicken satay, you're going to love this recipe!

Straight out of the WOT Test Kitchen this week comes this delicious and easy Sheet Pan Peanut Chicken! This recipe is the perfect combination of savory and sweet, with tender chicken thighs covered in a crunchy peanut sauce that’s packed with flavor.

With a surprisingly few amount of ingredients, this dish packs a serious amount of flavor in. You can also assemble it in the morning and let it marinate throughout the day so that the chicken is really nice and marinated by dinner time. If you don’t have all day to leave it, don’t worry because all you really need is one hour of marinating time to get all those amazing flavors to come through.

WOT we love about this recipe: Did we mention the part about how it is a sheet pan meal? That means your prep, marinating and cooking happen all on one pan and what could be better than that?

Sheet Pan Peanut Chicken

Servings

Ingredients

4-6 Chicken thighs

Peanut Sauce

2 tbsp low-sodium Soy or Tamari sauce
¼ cup sweet chili sauce or honey
¼ cup crunchy peanut butter
½ lime, juiced
2 tbsp water

Garnish

Green onions, sliced
Cilantro, chopped
Crushed peanuts

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit .
Combine the soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, and peanut butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Whisk together until combined. Add the lime juice and stir together. The sauce should have the consistency of a cake batter. If the sauce is too thin, cook a little longer. If the sauce is too thick, add one tablespoon at a time of water.
Pour the sauce over the chicken thighs and marinate for a few hours in the refrigerator.
**Note – if you like extra sauce, double the peanut sauce recipe, pour half the sauce over the chicken and the other half into a small bowl, and refrigerate.
In a 350-degree oven, Place chicken onto a sheet pan and bake for 30-40 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked and nicely browned.
Top the chicken with green onions, chopped cilantro, and crushed peanuts.
Serve immediately.