Gluten Free Nut Free Thai Amazing Chicken Recipe
Updated Apr 02, 2020, Published Feb 16, 2012
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Chicken and broccoli gluten free recipe. Broccoli and chicken gluten free recipe. {sigh} Healthy, convenient and inexpensive sure, but also kind of boring! Alas! As I opened my fridge, all I saw was chicken and broccoli. Fortunately I have a well-stocked gluten free pantry and was able to turn boring into, well … amazing.
There is a little Thai restaurant close by to me that I love; the food is great and for the most part gluten free, they keep a bottle of gluten free soy sauce on hand for me in case I order sushi and the atmosphere is friendly and homey. As much as I love it, I don’t always want to go out when I have a hankering for my favorite meal there – Amazing Chicken.
With a little espionage (saying things like “this is so delicious, what goes into the recipe?”) and experimenting I came up with my own version of Amazing Chicken that I can get on the table in less time than it takes to get into the car and drive to the Thai place – and for considerably less money!
The main ingredient in most Thai Amazing Chicken is peanut butter but I decided to make my recipe nut-free with Sunbutter, a peanut butter alternative made with roasted sunflower seeds. I have grown to really love the depth of flavor it adds to sauces. I used the natural crunch version, but any of their varieties would work just as well.
This recipe is not just gluten free, nut free, soy free and dairy free, quick and easy to prepare, and healthy as all get out, it is also (wait for it…) AMAZING!
The lesson here? Chicken and broccoli does not have to be boring if you have a well-stocked pantry!
Gluten Free Nut Free Thai Amazing Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup Sunbutter
- 3 tablespoons gluten free Thai fish sauce
- Juice of 1 fresh lime
- 4 tablespoons honey, (or agave nectar)
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, (more or less depending on how much kick you want)
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, , minced or grated with a microplane grater
- 1 inch fresh ginger, , peeled and finely grated or minced
- Kosher or fine sea salt and pepper
- 2 pounds boneless, , skinless chicken breasts (3 or 4 half breasts) – cut into 1 inch pieces
- 8 cups broccoli florets
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds - optional garnish
Instructions
- Combine the Sunbutter, fish sauce, lime juice, honey (or agave) red pepper flakes and water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring until smooth. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet with a lid over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and ginger and toss in the oil for about 15 seconds. Add the chicken pieces and cook, stirring frequently, until browned on all sides, about 8 minutes. Add the broccoli, stir to coat, cover the pan and reduce the heat to medium. Cook until the broccoli is crisp tender and the chicken is cooked through – about 3 more minutes.
- Add about ¼ of the Sunbutter sauce to the chicken and broccoli, toss to coat, place in a serving dish and sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired. Serve the rest of the sauce on the side.
- Serve with rice or gluten free rice noodles.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Ummmm… So this sounds amazing! We just had stir fry and noodles for dinner last night but I think I might give this a go over the weekend as I love experimenting with Thai sauces and making dinner at home, lazing on the couch is far more ‘us’ on the weekend than going out!
Lazing around on the weekend is more “us” than going out too! Enjoy Jas!
This sounds great but I have to ask, did you really mean Three TABLESPOONS of fish sauce? That sounds pretty potent.
Yes I really mean 3 tablespoons :) – the saltiness is off set by the sweetness of the honey and the acid of the lime but you can of course start with 1 and work up until you are happy with the flavor.
I’ve never bought fish sauce, GF or otherwise, not sure what else I’d do with it but I’ve definitely been looking for a good peanut sauce (or similar) that could be quickly whipped up to go with spring rolls, top chicken, etc. and this looks yummy. Recommended brand of fish sauce? Is it something I can just get in a regular store, or do I need an Asian market or Whole Foods?
I find myself using fish sauce a lot more than I ever thought I would – i dip spring rolls into it, add it to sauces (usually if a recipe calls for soy sauce I will use half soy and half fish sauce) and it is a really good salty alternative if you don’t do soy. I use either Hokan or Thai Kitchen. Most fish sauces are gluten free especially if the come from Thailand but if you are not certain read the label – they should not have any colorings or thickeners added. For example I am looking at the label of a bottle of fish sauce now and here are the ingredients – anchovy fish extract, sea salt, water. That’s it. And I get fish sauce in my regular grocery store in the ethnic aisle with all the other Asian food products.
I have not played around much with Thai cuisine, but this recipe looks delicious! I will need to look into purchasing some fish sauce but everything else I should have. I can’t wait to give it a try.
I find I use fish sauce a lot – it is a great way to get saltiness into food if you don’t do soy and I often will use half soy and half fish sauce in recipes – I love the combo, it is hard to describe how it tastes but it is really good! Enjoy!
I have a seafood allergy, would this recipe still be AMAZING if I left out the fish sauce? Maybe I could add a splash of g-free soy sauce in its place?
Yes it would! I would use just 1 tablespoon of gluten free soy sauce in place of the fish sauce. Enjoy!
We can eat everything in this!!! Thank you for sharing, it does look AMAZING!
I know your family has many food issues, I am so happy you can make this recipe just as it is. Enjoy!
Thai is my favourite cuisine in the world! Your recipe looks just lovely, thanks!
I’ve got a jar of Sun Butter and some chicken just waiting to be used! Perfect. Thanks for sharing, Carol. It looks delicious.
Enjoy Liz!
This is my kind of boring-turned-amazing dinner! I love the flavors in here and love that you use Sunbutter.
Thank you Alta!
Wow. How random that I literally just bought some fish sauce (which I rarely have on hand) because I was craving some kind of dish like this. I am not kidding. So..I guess it has been decided for me. I must make this recipe. LOL This really sounds amazing! And 3 Tbsp of fish sauce? This sounds like it is going to be delish! xo
Ok that is really spooky random :) We liked it, hope you do too! xo,c