Malaysian Chicken Satay Stir Fry
I’m always looking for new ways to jazz up my stir-fries and this Malaysian twist on a stir-fry really delivers. The combination of the curry paste with the peanut gives this quick-and-easy dish a unique and moreish flavour, which you will love devouring! I use peanut butter powder in this recipe, which is less calories that normal peanut butter My favourite is PB2 but any you can get your hands on will do. You will find it in supermarkets next to the normal peanut butter.
As always, the heat of a stir fry is personal taste. If you like things spicy, add a few chilli flakes to the sauce and leave the seeds in the chilli. If not, omit the chilli altogether.
POINTS AND NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Serves 2 – per serving = 7 points or 534 cals, 11.7g fat, 56.7g carbs, 49.8g protein
For the sauce
2 tbsp Thai red curry paste
2 tbsp powdered peanut butter (I get mine in Sainsbury’s but most big supermarkets sell it next to the normal peanut butter)
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
½ tbsp honey
1 tsp curry powder
Juice of 1 lime
½ tsp cornflour
For the Stir Fry
1 red onion, sliced
1 pepper, deseeded and sliced
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
Thumb sized piece of ginger, peeled and grated
1 red chilli, deseeded and sliced
100g mange tout, halved
300g chicken breast, diced into 1cm cubes
200g pack fresh egg noodles
1/2 lime, quartered
Low calorie cooking spray
Salt and pepper
Method
- Begin by making the sauce. Pop all the sauce ingredients into a small bowl with 2 tablespoons water, mix together and put to one side.
- Next, take a wok, spray with low-calorie cooking spray and fry the onion and peppers for a few minutes until the onion softens a little. Then add the garlic, ginger, chilli and mange tout. Fry for another few minutes and then remove the veg from the pan, popping to one side on a plate.
- Spray the same wok again with low-calorie cooking spray, add the chicken, season with salt and pepper, then fry for 6–7 minutes until cooked through.
- Add the sauce and toss through the chicken. Simmer for a minute or two until the sauce starts to thicken a little and then add the veggies back to the pan.
- Add the noodles to the pan and toss through the chicken, veggies and sauce.
- Once the noodles are hot, split between two bowls and serve each portion with a wedge of lime for squeezing.
Variation – I’ve made this stir-fry with traditional fresh egg noodles but you can also make it with butternut squash noodles, which are equally delicious but have significantly fewer calories. You can find them pre-prepared in some supermarkets or you can spiralize them yourself. If you’d like to use them, make sure they are softened in the microwave for about 3 minutes (either in a bowl, covered in cling film with a few holes, or in the plastic bag from the shop), shaking halfway through.
Made this for my wife because I’m not a big fan of Satay and she absolutely loved it. Very easy to do and she had it with egg noodle instead Boodles but that’s because she isn’t doing WW 🙂
Ah so pleased she liked it Graham!! Is it the peanut you don’t like? You could always make a separate sauce without the peanut in for you?
OMG this is delicious. I added pak choi to mine instead if rice to keep the points low. Good heat to this dish just right. Hit with hubby too.
Came across your recipes by chance, so glad I did! I love the idea of what you’re doing with WW recipes.
This is the first one we’ve tried and its fab! You’ve smashed it ?
Looking forward to trying the next one.
Just made this for dinner tonight it was yummy! Had it with egg noodles cos I have the points and supermarket was out of boodles but I’ll do it again another day with them. Great dinner for low points. Thanks 🙂
So pleased you liked it Arlene!
Made this again tonight this time with boodles. Soooo good!!!
Made this recipe for dinner. My hubby and girls love it!!!! Thank you very much for your hard work putting together all these yummy recipes xxx
Gosh I’m curious about these Boodles you are talking about! I can see I’m going to have to locate some when I am next in the UK! 🙂
I had this tonight yummy scrumch will be doing this one again. Thank you Laura. X
Made this tonight it was lush although pretty hot 🙂 loved the boodles too!
Just had this for dinner tonight. Delicious! And lots of SP’s left over, might have aglad of wine! Thank you so much for sharing your lovely recipes x
Made this for lunch today with the boodles to I must say it was amazing ? looking forward to making the mac n cheese now . X
So my fourth dish of the week from your site and I wasn’t disappointed. Loved the deep flavour of this – also made a quorn version which worked well really tasty and so easy.
Ah so glad you enjoyed it!
Wow loving this recipe. It was yummy & very filling. We had egg noodles instead of boodles. My partner said when as what their review was “sexy spicy”. They really enjoyed it. What a hit ?
Haha I love that description!! Glad you enjoyed!
OMG…just made this tonight for dinner & it was bloody amazing, Hubby & 18 year old daughter thought so as well.
Thank you so much…I have lost just over 7 stone since 2014 and probably have that again to lose but I’m struggling just now but now I’ve came across your fabby site …I don’t think I will struggle as much . Thanks
Hi
What supermarket stock boodles? I tried googling but never came up lol
Thanks
I get mine in Sainsbury’s Jen!
Aldi now stock them as well.
I made this for dinner this evening and is the best weight watchers recipe I’ve ever tried!
Just made this recipe – sooo tasty but next time I would make more of the sauce – even by just adding more water as this would make the dish even more lovely. Tried boodles for the first time and , I must say, I wasn’t impressed ? I followed the cooking instructions exactly but they were still hard and crunchy …. not for me ?Would rather prefer rice or egg noodles ?
So good! Even with the lazy and budget friendly frozen onions, peppers and garlic :). My first recipe with powdered pb. …. def won’t be my last!
Trying this today, how much peanut butter should I use instead of the powder?
Hi Alison, the powdered stuff is lower in points so the equivalent in the reduced fat normal peanut butter would be 1 level tsp (5g) 🙂
I was desperately trying to find some WW recipes that used PB2 power and came across this beauty. Just finished making this and it’s absolutely delicious!! Had to portion it up into 3 as a lot of food for 2 portion’s – but that’s fine by me, get to eat it more!
So glad you enjoyed Sarah!
Would this freeze?
I wouldn’t freeze it Elizabeth as the veggies and noodles may go a bit soggy when you defrost and reheat. You could make the sauce and chicken and freeze that and then once defrosted add the veggies and noodles?
Does this make a lot as looking for it to do three people ? It looks yummy
It does Mo, we had it last night and we actually split it 3 ways and the hubbie took some for his lunch!! You can always add extra 0sp Boodles if you want to bulk it out further ?
I have made this twice and it’s mega hot, even for my husband. Do you thing it could be the type of red Thai paste I’m using? (Tesco). Will try just using 1 tbsp next time!
It may be, I used Sainsbury’s last time and it was a tame heat. Did you add the fresh chilli too? Maybe miss this out first before you reduce the amount of curry paste 🙂
Laura, your recipes have revolutionised my eating experience! I’ve been a gold ww member for almost two years but was so bored of cooking the same things for the family. The last two weeks since I discovered your website have been filled with triumphant taste sensations…. this stir fry was just another success in our house. I’ve been singing your praises at my WW class. Thank you so much- you are a culinary genius!
Absolutely delicious thank you for this amazing recipe, all of my family enjoyed it. I will be sure to make this again very soon
Oh this sauce is LUSH! I cook a lot of Asian food, and this is going to be on the menu every week. SO good that it makes very little dent in my daily points.
Well isn’t this a treat for the tastebuds! This was lovely and also a hit with my other half. I didn’t add ginger as I forgot to get some but I served it with medium egg noodles. The stir fry mix made 3 portions in the end! It was just the right amount of spice to it… I will definitely be making again! This was first recipe of yours that I have tried up to now, can’t wait to try all the others!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Fantastic recipe with fantastic flavour, loved it will definitely make this again.
Crikey Laura! This recipe is amazing! I served it with Bare Naked noodles and it was just 3 points for a huge, tasty, satisfying bowl of yumminess! I’ve been following WW for 18 months now, 4 stone 9 lb down and recipes like this keep me going. Sooooooo glad I’ve found you xxxxxx
Ah so glad you enjoyed it Bev and congrats, sounds like you are doing amazingly! X