Thai Chicken Pasta in SunButter Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 T SunButter®
- 3 T brewed tea
- 3 T rice vinegar
- 2 T soy sauce
- 2 t chili oil
- 1 T fresh ginger, finely grated
- 1 t honey
- 1/2 t sesame oil
- 2/3 cup chopped green onion
- 2/3 cup shredded carrot
- 1 cup fresh bean sprouts
- 1/2 t fresh lemon grass
- 2 T sunflower kernel
- 1 lb. chicken breast, cut into thin strips
- 8 oz. angel hair pasta
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- Cayenne pepper
- Salt
Directions
Combine first eight ingredients in a blender (SunButter® to sesame oil) and process until smooth; set aside. Cook pasta according to directions. While the pasta is cooking, season raw chicken with cayenne and salt; sauté in 2 T cooking oil until done, about 7 minutes. Remove chicken and sauté lemon grass in 1 T cooking oil in same pan for about 30 seconds. Add pasta, chicken, carrot, green onion and cilantro. Pour SunButter® sauce over pasta mixture and mix well. Warm mixture in pan, but do not continue to cook. Right before serving stir in sunflower kernel and top with fresh bean sprouts.

