Saucy Peanut Chicken Bowls

PREP TIME: 5 minutes | COOK TIME: 10 minutes

Saucy Peanut Chicken Bowls

Picture this: You’re craving something seriously delicious but easy enough for a busy weeknight. Enter these Saucy Peanut Chicken Bowls made with ingredients from Trader Joe’s in literally 15 minutes! Ground chicken sizzles with sesame oil, garlic, and ginger in a saute pan, then gets coated in an incredible homemade peanut sauce that’s creamy, savory, and a little sweet. Serve the saucy peanut chicken over fluffy jasmine rice, throw on some crunchy cucumbers, scallions, cilantro, and peanuts, and bam! Dinner’s done. The best part? Each serving has over 22 grams of protein, making this dish so satisfying and nourishing. Trust me, you’ll be obsessed.

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Saucy Peanut Chicken Bowls

PREP TIME: 5 minutes

COOK TIME: 10 minutes

SERVES: 4

TIME: 15 minutes

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Ingredients

For the ground chicken:

1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic (I used 3 Trader Joe’s frozen garlic cubes)
1 tablespoon grated ginger (I used 3 Trader Joe’s frozen ginger cubes)
1 lb ground chicken

For the peanut sauce:*

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
2 teaspoons sriracha
Juice of 1 lime
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 cup water

For serving:

2 packets (from 1 box) Trader Joe’s frozen jasmine rice (or 3 cups cooked rice)
Sliced cucumber
Sliced scallion
Chopped cilantro
Chopped roasted salted peanuts
Lime wedges

Instructions

Heat toasted sesame oil in a large skillet or wok over medium heat. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for about 1 minute. (If using the frozen cubes, cook until fully melted.)
Add the ground chicken to the pan and turn the heat up to medium-high. Use a wooden spoon or meat masher to break up the meat. Cook for 6-7 minutes, stirring often, until the chicken is fully cooked and starting to brown.
While the chicken cooks, make the peanut sauce: In a medium bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sriracha, lime juice, honey, and water.
Add the sauce to the skillet and cook for 1-2 minutes until the sauce slightly thickens. If it gets too thick, stir in more water. Taste and season with more soy sauce if desired.
Cook the rice according to package directions. Add rice to shallow bowls, then top with the chicken, cucumber, scallion, cilantro, chopped peanuts, and lime wedges.

Notes

*If you don’t want to make your own sauce, feel free to use 1 jar Trader Joe’s Thai Peanut Satay Sauce! You may need to add water in step 4 to make it more saucy.

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WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THIS RECIPE?

Caroline says:

04.02.2026

Insanely delicious and easy!!! Wow!

Abbigale Look says:

21.10.2025

Great recipe and so easy to make! Subbed for rice for quinoa and was a hit

Maddie says:

13.08.2025

Made this for dinner this past week – my husband LOVED it so much he ate the leftovers the next night for dinner. Incredibly quick and easy to make as well, we will be adding this to our dinner rotation.

Mary Morgan Casillas says:

06.08.2025

Made this with ground turkey and loved it! (I ran out of soy sauce but even without the full amount the meat didn’t taste overly turkey-y —I’m kind of a ground turkey hater so this was a big plus 😂) I served it over thin rice noodles—will definitely make again with turkey or chicken!!

Mary Morgan Casillas says:

05.08.2025

Love how flavorful this dinner was! It was also super super easy (and fast!) to make—also inexpensive! I used ground turkey and it came out great—aka no “turkey” flavor 😂

Melissa C says:

24.06.2025

So easy and delicious! Will definitely make again.

Lindsay says:

30.04.2025

I had this for dinner tonight and it turned out delicious! It was so easy to make! I loved the pairing of the cucumbers with this dish!

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