Chicken Tenders with Peanut Sauce

Prep Time: 15 mins | Cook Time: 15 min | Course: Dinner | Serves: 6

Chicken tenders with Thai peanut sauce is perfect with rice and veggies for a delicious and balanced meal. Inspired by Chungah of Damn Delicious https://damndelicious.net/2025/05/16/peanut-chicken-kabobs/ 

2 lbs chicken tenders

2 Tbsp soy sauce

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 Tbsp ginger, grated

1 Tbsp brown sugar

1 Tbsp fish sauce

1 Tbsp yellow or green  curry powder

2 Tbsp olive oil

2 small zucchini, sliced into thick rounds

¼ tsp salt

Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

1 lime, cut into wedges

¼ cup cilantro, chopped

3 green onions, chopped

½ cup salted roasted peanuts

½ cup mung bean sprouts

basil leaves, for garnish

Peanut Sauce:

½ cup peanut butter

¼ cup sweet chilli sauce

2 Tbsp soy sauce

1 lime, zested and juiced

1 tsp ginger, freshly grated

Up to ¼ cup water, to thin

Place chicken tenders in a baking dish or ziplock bag and add soy sauce, garlic, ginger, brown sugar, fish sauce, and curry powder. Place in the fridge and marinate for a couple of hours or overnight.

In a large skillet, preheat olive oil adding chicken tenders (discard the marinade). Cook for 2 minutes, over moderate heat, then turn chicken over and add the zucchini, salt, and pepper, and cook for 2-3 minutes longer, until the chicken is done to 165* in the thickest part. 

Whisk the peanut sauce ingredients together in a small bowl or glass measurer.

Serve chicken on a platter with zucchini, garnish with green onions, cilantro, limes, peanuts, mung beans, basil, a small bowl of peanut sauce, and rice if you like.