Runny Peanut Butter

I thought I would try my luck and buy cheaper natural peanut butter. I tried everything to be able to use it. Stirring it over and over, flipping it over and over, but it was always a runny mess. Refrigerating it turned it too hard. It was great for this recipe.

Thai Honey Peanut Chicken
From Tasty Kitchen
Step-by-step instructions by Three Many Cooks
Serves 3

1 pound chicken, in chunks
¼ cups soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 teaspoon minced garlic (approximately 1 large clove)
1 tablespoon natural peanut butter (heaping tablespoon even better)
½ teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon sriracha, or to taste (optional)
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon waterMix ingredients and marinate chicken for 2-3 hours.
Cook chicken in the sauce over medium-high heat for 7-8 minutes or until chicken is done. Reduce heat to medium-low and add precooked veggies if desired. Serve topped with sesame seeds.
To thicken sauce if needed: reduce heat to medium-low and add a cornstarch slurry (1 teaspoon cornstarch in 1 tablespoon water).
Substitutions: replace chicken with tofu; replace peanut butter with tahini or another nut butter; if using regular peanut butter (i.e. Skippy) instead of natural peanut butter, reduce honey by 1 tablespoon.

The Green Bottle at the Back of the Fridge

The one with lime juice in it that has been sitting there forever. Get that out. Or use fresh. Fresh is so much better. Not that I would know.

Honey Limeade
Yield: Makes about 2 quarts; 8 servings
From Sunset

Ingredients

• 1 cup lime juice
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup honey (using a light colored honey will make it prettier)
• 2 cups ice cubes
• 1 lime, rinsed

Preparation

1. In a pitcher (at least 2-qt. capacity), stir lime juice and 1/4 cup honey until blended. Taste; if mixture is too tart, add up to 1/4 cup more honey. Add 5 cups water. Chill until cold, at least 1 hour, or up to 1 day.
2. Just before serving, add ice cubes. Thinly slice lime crosswise (discard ends), cut slices in half, and add to pitcher.

I mixed mine in the blender resulting in the foamy head in the picture.

Calories: 43 (0.0% from fat)