Thai Chicken Satay Wrap
with peanut sauce / red cabbage slaw
From the creamy peanut sauce to a crisp slaw, these Thai-inspired chicken wraps are full of flavor and texture.
Smarts: Make a double batch of peanut sauce tonight so there will be leftovers to drizzle over grain bowls later in the week.
Ingredients
- Ginger, fresh - 1/2 tsp, grated
- Peanut butter, creamy - 1/4 cup
- Brown sugar - 1 Tbsp
- Water - 4 Tbsp, plus more until smooth and pourable
- Vinegar, rice - 2 Tbsp
- Soy sauce, low-sodium - 1 Tbsp
- Hot sauce (opt) - to taste
- Oil, cooking - 2 Tbsp + 1 Tbsp
- Soy sauce, low-sodium - 1 Tbsp
- Fish sauce - 2 tsp
- Turmeric, ground (opt) - 1/2 tsp
- Coriander, ground - 1 tsp
- Chili garlic sauce - 1 tsp
- Chicken breast tenders - 1 1/2 lbs, sub chicken breasts, sliced into strips
- Cucumbers - 8 oz, sliced into strips for dipping
- Wraps, large like tortillas, flatbread or naan - 4
- Cabbage, small and red - 1/2 head, thinly sliced or shredded
- Vinegar, rice - 2 Tbsp
- Sugar - 2 tsp
- Sesame seeds, white - 1 tsp
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Prep
- Make peanut sauce - Double if making Wednesday’s meal. Grate ginger. Combine ginger, peanut butter, brown sugar, water, vinegar (portion for peanut sauce) and soy sauce (portion for peanut sauce) in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat, stirring every 20 seconds, until sugar is dissolved and sauce is creamy and smooth. Stir in some hot sauce if you’d like. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Marinate chicken - Whisk together first portion of oil, soy sauce (portion for chicken), fish sauce, turmeric, coriander and chili garlic sauce. Toss with chicken and tenderize with a fork. Let marinate for 20 minutes and up to 2 days. (Can be done up to 2 days ahead)
- Cucumbers / Cabbage - Prep as directed. Store separately. (Can be done 1 day ahead)
- Make slaw - Toss cabbage with vinegar (portion for slaw), sugar and sesame seeds. (Can be done 1 day ahead)
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Make
- Remove chicken from marinade (discard marinade) and season with some salt and pepper.
- Heat a grill pan or skillet over medium heat. Add second part of oil and then chicken. Sear chicken on both sides until cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes total.
- Warm wraps according to package directions. Give peanut sauce a stir (note: if made ahead and refrigerated, you may need to add a splash of water to thin it out).
- Assemble wraps by topping each with slaw, chicken and some peanut sauce (reserve half if doubled).
- Serve wraps with cucumber sticks on the side. Dip the cucumber sticks in some peanut sauce if you’d like.
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Reviews
Ratings
77 reviews
We just keep making these over and over again. Often we'll buy a bag of kaleslaw instead of making the shredded cabbage slaw, to save time, but this dinner never lets us down!
Made as bowls With brown rice instead of wraps, doubled the peanut sauce for my sauce loving family, and served with the smoothie from the paleo version. Easy, tasty and everyone ate it!
Made the veggie version & the chicken wraps. Double the peanut to make on separate nights. Used red cabbage - yum.
Love the peanut sauce. As per a previous review, we also added sriracha to it which really enhanced the flavor. We added less sugar to the cabbage slaw and it was not missed.