Slow Cooker Thai Chicken Recipes

FRANK'S FAVORITE SLOW-COOKER THAI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine the salsa, peanut butter, coconut milk, lime juice, soy sauce, sugar, and ginger in the crock of a slow cooker; mix well. Place the chicken in the sauce, spoon mixture over chicken to coat.
• Place the lid on the cooker and set to LOW. Cook until chicken is very tender and sauce has thickened, 8 to 9 hours. A meat thermometer, inserted into the thickest part of a thigh should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Garnish with peanuts and cilantro before serving.

SLOW COOKER THAI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken in crockpot.
• Mix other ingredients except cilantro.
• Pour over chicken.
• Cook for 4 hours on low.
• Sprinkle cooked chicken with cilantro. This is great served with rice!

SLOW COOK THAI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place the chicken breast strips, bell pepper and onion into a slow cooker. Pour in the chicken broth and 1/4 cup of soy sauce, then season with cumin, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Stir to blend, then cover and cook on Low for 4 1/2 to 5 hours.
• Remove 1 cup of the liquid from the slow cooker, and mix this with the cornstarch, peanut butter, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and lime juice. This should blend into a fairly thick sauce. Stir the sauce back into the slow cooker, and place the lid on the pot.
• Cook on High for 30 minutes. Garnish with green onions, cilantro and peanuts before serving.

SLOW-COOKER THAI PEANUT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Spray 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, beat coconut milk, peanut butter, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, curry paste, gingerroot and garlic with whisk. Set aside.
• Season chicken with salt. Place flour in shallow bowl. Dredge chicken in flour. Discard remaining flour.
• In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat. Arrange half of the chicken in skillet; cook, turning once, 4 to 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer to slow cooker. Pour half of the coconut milk mixture over chicken in slow cooker. Repeat with remaining 1 tablespoon oil and chicken.
• Transfer to slow cooker, and pour remaining half of sauce over chicken.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours or until chicken is cooked through (at least 165°F). Transfer chicken to serving bowl.
• Stir brown sugar and lime juice into sauce in slow cooker. Pour sauce over chicken; garnish with cilantro and peanuts. Serve over rice, if desired.

SLOW-COOKER PAD THAI

Steps:

• Place chicken in a 1-1/2- or 3-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the next 6 ingredients; pour over chicken. Cook, covered, on low until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 165°, about 4 hours. Remove chicken; cool slightly. Shred chicken with two forks and return to slow cooker., In a large saucepan, cook noodles according to package directions. In a small nonstick skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Pour in eggs; cook and stir until eggs are thickened and no liquid egg remains., Drain noodles. Stir eggs and noodles into slow cooker. Top with green onions, peanuts and cilantro.Freeze option: Double the chicken mixture. Freeze half of cooled chicken mixture in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary. Prepare noodles and eggs as directed; stir into chicken mixture. Garnish as desired.

SLOW-COOKER THAI CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• Place chicken in slow cooker sprayed with cooking spray. Mix next 5 ingredients until blended; pour over chicken. Cover with lid.
• Cook on LOW 6 to 8 hours (or on HIGH 3 to 4 hours).
• Spoon rice onto platter. Remove chicken from slow cooker, reserving sauce in slow cooker; place chicken on rice. Skim fat from surface of sauce; discard fat. Pour 1/2 cup sauce over chicken; discard remaining sauce.
• Top chicken with cilantro and nuts.

SLOW COOKER THAI CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Gently fry the Thai green curry paste in a dry non-stick frying pan until fragrant, then pour in the coconut milk. Mix well until smooth then take off the heat.
• Put the chicken thighs into a slow cooker along with the aubergine, lemongrass stalks, sliced ginger, lime leaves, brown sugar and fish sauce.
• Pour over the curried coconut milk, give everything a good stir with a wooden spoon then cook on low for 6-8 hours.
• Serve with rice and Thai basil scattered over.

SLOW-COOKER THAI CHICKEN AND SHRIMP

Steps:

• Place chicken in 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker. Add coconut milk. Stir in both envelopes of sauce mix, carrots and onion.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 8 to 10 hours.
• About 30 minutes before serving, heat water to boiling in 2-quart saucepan over high heat. Remove from heat and stir in rice; cover and let stand about 5 minutes or until water is absorbed. Fluff rice with fork before serving.
• Remove chicken from cooker; keep warm. Add shrimp and peas to cooker. Increase heat setting to high. Mix 1/4 cup sauce from cooker and the cornstarch in small bowl; stir into mixture in cooker. Cover and cook 5 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until shrimp are pink and firm and sauce has thickened slightly.
• Meanwhile, remove chicken from bones; coarsely chop chicken and return to cooker. Serve chicken mixture over rice. Garnish with peanuts and cilantro.