Thai Chicken Saute. This delicious Thai chicken makes for an exotic weeknight dinner that comes together quickly. It features traditional Thai flavors like fish sauce, Sriracha, fresh ginger, coconut milk, and cilantro. For more dinner ideas like this, see our complete collection of Thai recipes.

Skewer up for the grill or saute on the stove! I buy the chicken tenderloin strips which are already boned, skinned and a nice size piece without slicing to save time. Serve chicken mixture over rice with lime wedges. You can have Thai Chicken Saute using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Thai Chicken Saute

It's 1 1/2 lb of chicken breast tenders.
Prepare 1 tbsp of cornstarch.
Prepare 1 tbsp of fish sauce.
Prepare 4 tsp of canola oil, divided.
Prepare 1 cup of sliced onions.
You need 2 tsp of bottled minced garlic.
Prepare 1 tsp of bottled ground fresh ginger (such as spice world).
It's 1/2 cup of light coconut milk.
You need 2 tbsp of Sriracha (hot chille sauce).
It's 1 tbsp of sugar.
It's 1 tbsp of fresh lime juice.
Prepare 2 tbsp of chopped fresh cilantro.
You need 4 slice of lime wedges.

For a really authentic Thai experience, cook the Chicken Satay over charcoal like it's done in Thailand! Thai Chicken Satay is a popular starter on Thai restaurants menus along with Thai Fish Cakes. But it's also ideal served as a main. Serve it with steamed jasmine rice - or with fluffy Asian Coconut Rice (it's amazing!).

Thai Chicken Saute instructions

Toss chicken with cornstarch and fish sauce..
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add chicken to pan; saute 5 minutes..
Remove chicken from pan. Heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil in pan. Add onion, garlic and ginger to pan; saute 1 minute..
Return chicken to pan; cook 1 minute or until done..
Stir in coconut milk, Sriracha, sugar and juice; cook 45 seconds or until thoroughly heated..
Sprinkle each serving with 1 and 1/2 teaspoons cilantro..
Serve chicken mixture over rice and with lime wedges..

While I make Malaysian-style satay most of the time, for examples: chicken satay and beef satay, I also love a good Thai chicken sate, which is marinated with coconut milk and fish sauce, two key ingredients in Thai recipes. Unlike its Malaysian counterpart, Thai sate tastes milder and less complex in taste, pretty good nonetheless. This is my Thai chicken sate with peanut sauce recipe. Of course, chicken skewers can be delicious when done right, with this chicken satay being a prime example. The sweet, pungent marinade for these chicken satays includes fish sauce, lemongrass, sugar, lime, and turmeric, which embeds the chicken with flavor even after a relatively short soak of only an hour.