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Easy Grilled Thai Peanut Chicken Sandwich Recipe

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This Thai Peanut Chicken Sandwich recipe is sweet, savory, spicy, creamy and crunchy. But best of all, it’s delicious!

This Thai Peanut Chicken Sandwich recipe is sweet, savory, spicy, creamy and crunchy. But best of all, it's delicious! HostessAtHeart.com
If you’ve been visiting for a while, then you know my mother didn’t love cooking the way I do. Sandwiches in my house were something between two pieces of store bought white bread. Fancy meant that it also had mayonnaise or cheese on it. It took me a long time to redefine what a good sandwich is. This Thai Peanut Chicken Sandwich is definitely a good sandwich.


This Thai Peanut Chicken Sandwich recipe is sweet, savory, spicy, creamy and crunchy. But best of all, it's delicious! HostessAtHeart.comA few weeks ago John and I went on a bike ride and ended up at one of our favorite places to eat. I was looking at the menu, and while I didn’t order it, there was this sandwich that looked interesting to me. I took this sandwich idea and started deconstructing it and putting my own spin on it. I think that’s what food people do don’t they? The result is this easy and delicious Thai Peanut Sandwich!

This Thai Peanut Chicken Sandwich recipe is sweet, savory, spicy, creamy and crunchy. But best of all, it's delicious! HostessAtHeart.comTo assure that the chicken breasts were plump and moist, I infused them with a delicious ginger marinade before they hit the grill. The chicken is then topped with bacon, peanut sauce, and a sprinkling of bean sprouts, all on a homemade buttery brioche bun. This sandwich is sweet, savory, spicy, creamy and crunchy. It is definitely not your average sandwich and deserves the distinction of being a main dish meal.

This Thai Peanut Chicken Sandwich recipe is sweet, savory, spicy, creamy and crunchy. But best of all, it's delicious! HostessAtHeart.com

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Thai Peanut Chicken Sandwich

This Thai Peanut Chicken sandwich is sweet, savory, creamy and crunchy. It is definitely not your average sandwich and deserves the distinction of being a main dish meal.
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Servings 6
Author Hostess At Heart

Ingredients

  • 6 chicken breasts skinless and boneless
  • 1/2 lb bacon 12 slices, cooked
  • Fresh bean sprouts
  • 6 buns I used brioche

Marinade

  • 1/2 cup peanut oil
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce I use low sodium
  • 1 tsp ginger grated
  • 1 tsp crushed red pepper

Peanut sauce

  • 13.5 oz can coconut milk lite is fine
  • 4 tbsp red curry paste more or less according your heat tolerance
  • 1 cup peanut butter I used natural
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 tsp peanut oil

Instructions

Marinade

  • Combine marinade ingredients in a container or ziplock bag large enough to hold chicken breasts. Add chicken and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to a day.
  • Grill chicken until it measures 160 degrees F.
  • Fry or bake bacon. Drain and set aside.
  • Combine all of the peanut sauce ingredients in a saucepan. Heat over a medium heat until simmering. Continue cooking 2 to 3 minutes, whisking continuously. Set aside or refrigerate and allow to cool.

Assembly

  • On a fresh bun, top chicken with bacon. Drizzle peanut sauce over bacon and sprinkle with bean sprouts.
  • Serve with additional peanut sauce.

Notes

Peanut sauce adapted from http://www.melskitchencafe.com/easy-5-minute-thai-peanut-sauce/.
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Comments

  2. jane @ littlesugarsnaps says

    June 23, 2016 at 6:16 am

    Love your post Julie – a little bit of nostalgia for your posh sarnies of childhood warmed my heart even if you were un-impressed 🙂 I have a love thing going on for peanut butter at the moment. I really want to try this sandwich – I even have some posh peanut butter on the go at the moment. Next week I have a day where I literally have no time for a main meal due to running around after kids & school so i might get organised and get everything ready so I can compile this late night feast when my day is over.

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  5. cookingwithauntjuju.com says

    May 25, 2016 at 8:39 am

    This sandwich sounds fantastic! I love peanut sauces and what a great idea to put it on chicken and then with your homemade rolls. I am not blogging right now but I just had to make a comment. Gardening, driveway repairs, pavers and rotten wood have been keeping me busy. Good job and I have printed out your recipe 🙂 Enjoy the holiday…

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  6. Deb says

    May 24, 2016 at 3:20 pm

    Wow – this looks SO tasty! I love when menus provide inspiration for a new dish. Adding this to my list of items to make pronto! –Deb

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  8. Angie @ fiestafriday.net says

    May 19, 2016 at 9:41 pm

    Gasp! It’s like you can read my dreams! Coz I’ve been dreaming about this even though I didn’t know it existed. Well now I know it does and it looks even better in person. I mean on screen 😀

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  9. Of Goats and Greens says

    May 14, 2016 at 2:21 pm

    That second photo down deserves an excellence in photography award… At any rate, combining the best of peanut and the best of chicken in a sandwich sounds decidedly fun. Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday!

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  13. Shari says

    May 11, 2016 at 3:43 pm

    What an interesting sandwich, Julie! I know I would love it. I bet the combination of bacon and the peanut sauce was so good. My husband is allergic to peanuts so I would have to make it when he wasn’t around! 🙂 I think you should open a bakery or lunch spot. Have you ever thought of selling your breads? They are amazing!

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    • Julie Menghini says

      May 12, 2016 at 8:45 pm

      Thank you Shari! I could never cook as a profession. It would be too stressful. I would love to bake for a coffee shop or something small, but I am so spoiled right now that I can cook or bake anything that I want when I want, and if it fails no one is the wiser. I have two neighborhood children that are allergic to peanuts. It’s really opened my eyes. When I take them goodies I tell them what’s safe and what’s not.

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  14. Sadia says

    May 10, 2016 at 3:23 pm

    Heyy Julie! Long time. Really missed a lot of your posts.
    I am in love with this sandwich. Bookmarked. I love anything with Thai flavors. Need to try this.

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    • Julie Menghini says

      May 10, 2016 at 5:10 pm

      So very happy to see you Sadia! I hope all is well with you, and I’m very happy you stopped by. I hope you enjoy this sandwich. We really did. Have a wonderful evening!

      Reply

  16. Loretta says

    May 10, 2016 at 8:17 am

    Now that’s what I call a sandwich! Love the Thai flavors in it, what a great summer meal that would be on the deck with a glass of vino of course 🙂

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