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Easy Peanut Chicken Noodles

May 12, 2020 7 Comments

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Easy Peanut Chicken Noodles – a delicious simple noodle stir fry with chicken, vegetables and a peanut sauce.

Easy Peanut Chicken Noodles in frying pan with wooden spoon, chopping board with carrots and zucchini in background

Easy Peanut Chicken Noodles Recipe

Have I mentioned how much I love peanut flavoured savoury dishes? Probably!! The kids love it too and if there is one dish that is easy to cook up and will satisfy the whole family. It’s an easy noodle stir fry dish like this Peanut Chicken Noodles.

Chicken for protein, a healthy mix of vegetables, egg noodles and of course that simple peanut sauce using a few store cupboard ingredients. The result – cleared bowls from the entire family. 

Quick Peanut Sauce

So what’s in the sauce? The most obvious ingredient is peanut butter. You can use either crunchy or smooth whatever you prefer, crunchy is actually my preferred choice because then you get the little bits of chopped peanuts through the sauce. One thing I do recommend though is to make sure you use natural peanut butter. The only ingredient in peanut butter should be dry roasted peanuts, not palm oil, sugar and other nasties. 

As well as the peanut butter, there is I use maple syrup for that sticky coating and slight sweetness, soy sauce for that umami flavour, ginger, garlic and of some red chilli flakes for that spicy kick (you can use fresh red chilli’s, but I rarely have them on hand as they are hard to source here in Canada at the moment, so chilli flakes do the trick) and then just a little water to loosen the sauce. See how easy that is?

Easy Peanut Chicken Noodles in frying pan

Vegetables for Noodles

In this recipe, I use carrots, zucchini and beansprouts. We love the crunch that bean sprouts add to a stir fry and they are prob my favourite item to add to a stir fry, it also means you don’t need as many noodles too if you want to make this dish healthier because they are kind of like a healthy noodle. 

Tip of the day: Julienne the veg. It makes such a difference in a noodle stir fry as you get little sticks of vegetables.

I have this brilliant Food Chopper that comes with various different blades including a julienne slicer and I love using it for the vegetables in a stir fry. You can also get just a handheld Julienne Peeler too which does the trick perfectly. But if you don’t have either then slice them as you like.

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Feel free to use whatever vegetables you have on hand. Some other vegetables that work well in this dish are:

  • Bell Peppers
  • Mushrooms
  • Shredded Cabbage
  • Broccoli
  • Onions
  • Baby Corn

Easy Peanut Chicken Noodles in black frying pan with wooden handle, chopped board with carrots and zucchini in background

Can I use a peanut butter powder?

It’s a question I see often for recipes that contain peanut butter. Personally I prefer to use real natural peanut butter, the powders can be a bit gritty and not quite the same taste and my kids hate it, big time. But if you want to swap it out, I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Just mix it up as per the tub so that you have two tablespoons of peanut butter as per this recipe. 

How can I make this gluten-free?

Following a gluten-free diet and want to try this recipe? Easy, just swap out the egg noodles for rice noodles and use a gluten-free soy sauce. There are various different gluten-free soy sauces available so use your favourite brand. 

close up of Easy Peanut Chicken Noodles in black frying pan

Protein for Noodle Recipes

I have used chicken for this Peanut Chicken Recipe, but other proteins work well too. 

Some of my favourites are Pork, Shrimp (Prawns), Ground Turkey or Chicken (mince), you can even keep it to just vegetables or use a meat substitute like Tofu or Quorn pieces if you are vegetarian or fancy a meat-free dish. 

More Noodle Recipes

Love noodle recipes like this? Check out some of these recipes:

  • CHILLI BEEF NOODLES
  • GINGER CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOMS AND NOODLES
  • SWEET CHILLI PRAWNS AND NOODLES
  • THAI CHICKEN NOODLES
  • CHICKEN SINGAPORE NOODLES
  • BEEF CHOW MEIN

or head on over to my Full Recipe Index with over 900 delicious Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly recipes all fully searchable by meal type, ingredients, syn value and smart points etc

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Peanut Chicken Noodles

Peanut Chicken Noodles

Yield: SERVES 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 27 minutes

Easy Peanut Chicken Noodles - a delicious simple noodle stir fry with chicken, vegetables and a peanut sauce.

Ingredients

  • 400g of chicken thighs, sliced into thin pieces
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/2 tbs of ginger root, grated
  • 1 tsp of sesame oil - 2 syns
  • 200g of carrot, julienned
  • 200g of courgette (zucchini), julienned
  • 200g of bean sprouts
  • 200g of egg noodles
  • 2 spring onions, sliced

For the sauce:

  • 2 tablespoons of natural peanut butter (smooth or crunchy) - 9 syns
  • 2 tablespoons of maple syrup - 4 syns
  • 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
  • pinch of red chilli flakes (can add more depending on your preferred heat level)
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) of water

Instructions

  1. Cook the noodles according to the package directions.
  2. Add the sesame oil to a large frying pan over medium-high heat.
  3. Once hot, add the chicken, ginger and garlic and fry until chicken is browned.
  4. Add in the zucchini, carrots and beansprouts and continue to stir fry for a couple of minutes. Then remove and set aside.
  5. Add the sauce ingredients to a bowl and whisk thoroughly to combine.
  6. Add the sauce into the frying pan and bubble on a high heat until it thickens. Running a wooden spoon into the centre of the sauce it should stay apart, this indicates is ready.
  7. Add back into the pan, the to chicken, vegetables and cooked noodles and toss to coat.
  8. Sprinkle with chopped spring onions
  9. Serve and enjoy!!

Notes

This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly

  • Slimming World - 4 per serving
  • WW Green Smart Points - 11 per serving (10 using chicken breast)
  • WW Blue Smart Points - 11 per serving (9 using chicken breast)
  • WW Purple Smart Points - 11 per serving (9 using chicken breast)
  • Gluten free - use gluten free soy sauce and rice noodles

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Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 SERVING
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 450Total Fat: 10.5gSaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 831mgCarbohydrates: 54.6gFiber: 5gSugar: 12.7gProtein: 31.6g

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  1. Hannah

    May 14, 2020 at 3:46 am

    I made this for my family for dinner last night and they absolutely loved it! I replaced the maple syrup with honey as that’s all I had in but it still tasted delicious! No one thought it was a slimming recipe it was so good. Definitely one to add to the repertoire! Thank you so much Siobhan!

  2. Jess

    May 25, 2020 at 1:25 pm

    Absolutely delicious! Added a little fish sauce as well. Will be having this again.

  3. Jennifer

    June 11, 2020 at 6:08 am

    Very yummy, I made one with chicken and one with quorn for my step daughter, both delish. Had ours with sticky egg fried rice instead of noodle :). Thank you for the recipe!!

  4. Siobhan (Slimming Eats)

    June 17, 2020 at 4:03 pm

    so glad you enjoyed it 🙂

  5. Nina

    June 27, 2020 at 1:55 am

    Hi,

    Do you mean 200g uncooked, or cooked egg noddles? I put in 200g uncooked and it was way too much, the sauce barely covered the noodles and it was really bland. Thanks!

  6. Siobhan (Slimming Eats)

    June 27, 2020 at 7:31 am

    Hey sorry to hear it didn’t turn out right for you. 200g is not much dried egg noodles. Can I ask where you live and what brand you used, as that could be the problem. With that much soy sauce too it certainly shouldn’t be bland. So that’s very odd.

  7. Rachel

    November 23, 2020 at 2:00 pm

    Had this tonight and really enjoyed it. Plus leftovers for tomorrow 🙂 thank you x

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