Coconut Chicken Satay

My babe man child turns 4 tomorrow. I but cannot believe it. I say it every year, but I actually but can't believe it. I've been running some similar a madwoman for the yesteryear few weeks getting materials ready for his political party that nosotros had yesterday. I don't know how I ever cease upward busy lately. My blood brother in addition to his girl are inwards town for the weekend, in addition to they went on a hike this morning, the hubby took Boy #1 out for some character daddy time, then it's but Boy #2 in addition to me hanging out spell he plays alongside his loot of toys from his friends yesterday. So I persuasion it was a perfect fourth dimension to operate on my blog.

I know I'm then far behind (hey, but at to the lowest degree I won't larn a whole calendar month without posting!), then I volition operate my agency backwards I guess. Mostly because the most recent novel recipe I tried was awesome in addition to worthy of sharing.

Boy #2's preschool instructor emailed me of late that she'd stumbled across my spider web log in addition to wanted to allow me know near a website she loves, 100 Days of Real Food. I had seen it before, but I had forgotten near it in addition to for certain didn't lead keep it inwards my nutrient spider web log rotation that I commonly banking concern agree when I'm looking for novel ideas. So I decided to run into what all I could notice on there. Turns out at that topographic point was a ton, in addition to I intend later Thanksgiving nosotros are going to showtime alongside the 10 twenty-four sixty minutes stream challenge in addition to run into how it goes. Shouldn't move likewise difficult because nosotros already don't swallow many processed foods, but I'm excited for the challenge to run into what to a greater extent than nosotros tin plough over up. This was i of the meals I chose from it for finally week's repast plan.

Coconut Chicken Satay
Source: 100 Days of Real Food website

1 lb chicken breasts, preferably locally and/or organically raised
1/2 loving cup peanut butter
1/2 loving cup unsweetened whole kokosnoot milk
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon fresh-squeezed lime juice
1 tablespoon rice vino vinegar
1 tablespoon honey
iii cloves garlic
1/2 fresh jalapeno, seeds & stalk removed (use the other one-half to brand some overnight refried beans…yum!)
1/8 teaspoon chili powder
1/3 loving cup unsweetened shredded coconut, lightly toasted (note: kokosnoot tin plough over the sack apace in addition to needs to move stirred/checked oft spell toasting…we produce ours inwards the toaster oven for no to a greater extent than than ii or iii minutes)
Also need: skewers in addition to foil lined baking sheet


Preheat the oven broiler on high. Soak skewers inwards H2O if you lot don’t desire them to cook/burn inwards the oven.

Cut the chicken breasts into strips in addition to thread them onto near a dozen skewers. Place the prepared skewers on a foil-lined baking canvas in addition to laid aside.

In a nutrient processor or blender puree the peanut butter, kokosnoot milk, lime juice, vinegar, honey, garlic, jalapeno, in addition to chili pulverization together. Remove 1/4 loving cup of the peanut mixture in addition to drizzle/brush it over the raw chicken skewers.

Place chicken nether the broiler to cook. After 4 – v minutes lead keep the baking canvas out, plough the skewers over, drizzle some other 1/4 loving cup peanut sauce on top, in addition to fix for 4 or v to a greater extent than minutes or until cooked all the agency through.

Once the chicken is done lead keep it out, drizzle on the remaining peanut sauce (or serve it every bit extra dipping sauce on the side), in addition to sprinkle the toasted kokosnoot on top. Serve warm in addition to enjoy!

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We had this on a Midweek night, which is when nosotros Pb a Bible report grouping for our church. I ended upward getting a belatedly showtime on it, then I didn't larn to swallow alongside my menage unit of measurement because I had to larn alternative upward our babysitter. The hubby texted me that it was fantastic in addition to they all loved it. I ate it when I got home, in addition to it was super tasty! It was actually slowly to produce in addition to came together fast, which was great. I intend my boys enjoyed the novelty of eating dinner off a stick. I skipped the jalapeno inwards the sauce because my kids don't similar spicy, in addition to I persuasion it notwithstanding had expert flavour without that. I did add together a lilliputian extra chili pulverization to compensate for the missing jalapeno. I ended upward having some other skewer every bit a snack the side yesteryear side day. This is definitely going into my repast rotation since it was a striking alongside all of us!

Oh, I should banknote that I had an awful fourth dimension finding unsweetened coconut. I finally institute it at Fry's, which is a Kroger grocery shop for those of you lot out of state, but it was tucked behind a display for something else. Sheesh. Hopefully you lot don't lead keep such an awful fourth dimension getting ahold of some!