These easy and healthy Peanut Sauce Chicken and Broccoli Bowl only take about 20 minutes to make, and is a dinner the whole family will love! Serve with rice or cauliflower rice for a quick and healthy weeknight dinner! 
Happy Weekend guys! Before we get to these Peanut Sauce Chicken and Broccoli Bowls, let me tell you what I’m doing right now. I’m listening to the “Stranger Things” playlist on Spotify because as of last night I am officially obsessed with the show. Have you started/finished it yet? If you don’t know about Stranger Things, it is a Netflix Original Show that the internet is currently obsessed with. My husband referred to it as “Millennial Bait” because it takes place in 1983 and is heavy with 80’s nostalgia – which thrills both those of us that grew up watching 80’s movies and those who weren’t even born in the 80’s but are obsessed with all things “vintage”. Which, ugh, does it bother anyone else that the 1980’s are now considered vintage? ANYWAY. If you haven’t watched it yet, do! If you have – let me know what you think! But no spoilers please, we haven’t finished it yet. We showed remarkable restraint and did NOT watch the entire season last night. It was hard.
Moving on. Let’s talk about these Peanut Sauce Chicken and Broccoli Bowls. This is a result of my ongoing effort to incorporate more easy and healthy dinners into my life and this blog. What I love about this dish is that it is fast, easy, and healthy. You can serve it with regular rice or cauliflower rice. It is high protein and gluten-free optional. And it takes about 20 minutes to make!
This dish is similar to my Buffalo Chicken and Broccoli Bowls, except it uses a creamy peanut sauce instead of Buffalo sauce. Brown some chicken while you whisk together the no-cook peanut sauce, add the broccoli to the pan and let it steam for a few minutes, then pour on the peanut sauce and toss it all together. DONE. Then you can get on to more important things, like binging your latest Netflix obsession. Cheers, friends!
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- ⅓ cup natural peanut butter*
- 3-4 Tablespoons water
- ½ Tablespoon low sodium soy sauce**
- 1 and ½ Tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1-2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce (to taste)
- 3-4 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
- 2 teaspoons grated ginger root
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite sized pieces
- 4-6 cups broccoli florets (I used 3 crowns, cut into florets)
- 1 Tablespoon canola oil
- salt
- pepper
- Whisk together all ingredients for peanut sauce except water. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached.
- Heat oil in a saute pan over medium high heat. Add chicken and season with salt and pepper. Allow chicken to sit undisturbed for a few minutes, until it starts to brown. Turn and allow to brown on the other side. Stir and continue to cook until cooked through.
- Add broccoli to pan and cover with a lid. Allow to steam until broccoli is bright green and tender, 3-4 minutes.
- Turn off heat and add peanut sauce, stir everything to completely coat in sauce. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed. Serve right away over rice or cauliflower rice.
**For gluten free, be sure to use a gluten free soy sauce!
If you make this recipe don’t forget to tag it @foxandbriar and #foxandbriar on instagram and facebook! I really love to see what you make and you may be featured in our weekly Reader Feature!
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This looks delicious! Can’t wait to make it. We are about half way through Stranger Things… love it!
THank you Dulcie! Isn’t it amazing!
These bowls are such a great idea. Rice bowls with chicken and veggies are such great healthy comfort food! Perfect on the go and delicious!
Thanks so much Rahul!
This looks like a smart remake of the chicken and broccoli my mom used to make after coming home from a busy day at work. And that peanut sauce looks fantastic.
Thanks Allyson!
Wow!! I’m not sure we get”Stranger Things” where we live, but after this full-blown praise from you, I WILL FIND IT!!
Indeed!
And this recipe sounds totally delicious~~Thank you!
Win/win?????
You might find it Strange! 🙂 Thank you!
I am a vegetarian, so I will not be able to enjoy the tastes of this recipe but I liked the photography and the presentation of your recipe!!!
Thank you Puja! I think it would be great with tofu as well! 🙂
These sound (and look) fantastic, Meghan! A spicy peanut sauce is one of my favorite things (even better than whiskers on kittens) and there really isn’t anything better than a tasty, super-fast meal 🙂 I have to check out Stranger Things, it sounds awesome! I saw it on Netflix but I didn’t know what it was so I hadn’t checked it out yet, thanks for the info. Are the 80’s really considered vintage? Well, that’s disheartening…
I agree, Peanut Sauce is one of my favorite things too! And it is a bummer about the 80’s being vintage, right?
Yay! This one looks easy enough for me to handle! lol – seriously though, it looks so yummy and seems healthy enough 🙂
-Clarissa @ The View From Here
Haha, thank you Clarissa! I hope you love it!
I need more healthy dinners in my repertoire! This stirfry looks fab because it looks like take out but its not! hahaha Love it!
Thanks so much Jess! I love that it is a takeout fakeout too!
I’m definitely going to need to check out this show. When the Mr. moved to Shanghai, he found himself with some spare time (especially on the weekend) so he started to binge watch all seasons of True Blood. Now that the show is over, he is on the lookout for a new shot to binge watch. . .I’ll be sure to pass along this reco to him.
As for this chicken . . .well. . .it looks incredibly tasty. . . and I’m loving that peanutty sauce. We’ve been weight lifting machines as of late. . .so we are always on the lookout for healthy, protein fueled meals. So this fits the bill perfectly. Of course, we’ll be taking ours with cauliflower rice. Definitely pinning this beauty.
Thank you so much Lynn! I loved True Blood, but I missed the last few seasons. Stranger things is something you can bonge watch in a few days, it goes so fast! I hope you guys love it, and thank you for pinning!
I love the idea of this peanut sauce with all of that fresh broccoli….I can’t wait to try this recipe on my family 🙂
Thanks so much Sandi! I think peanut sauce makes everything better 🙂
Oh no. If all things from the 80’s are vintage, what does that make articles like me from the 70’s – antiques?
I’ve been on the look out for something like this supper bowl of yours. It’s ticking all of the boxes for me – protein and green veg with a wallop of tasty, nutty sauce. I love that you’ve kept the sodium in check – I can serve it to my kids without feeling bad about too much salt.
Haha, Right Jane! I can’t tell you how annoyed I got when I was in a hip vintage shop in Portland and saw my old lunchbox from 1st grade. What!?! I should have saved it! Anyway, I hope you love the recipe!
This looks REALLY DELICIOUS Julie. I could easily put away a big bowl of this chicken and broccoli over brown rice. Great job. I’ve heard about that Stranger Things show on Netflix, maybe after I finish the second season of Narcos I’ll give it a try 😉
Thanks Jess! I will have to give Narcos a try, I haven’t watched it yet.
I made this with green beans instead of broccoli and rice noodles instead of rice. The sauce is really delicious. It would go well with a lot of combinations.
Hi Laya! Yay, I am so glad that you loved the sauce! Trying it with green beans and rice noodles sounds great! Thanks for letting me know that you liked it!
Made this for dinner tonight… it is AMAZING. In the words of my boyfriend, “You could bottle that sauce!” Thanks for sharing!
Hi Becca, thanks so much! So glad to hear you guys loved it! My husband thinks I should bottle the sauce too 🙂