Thai Peanut Chicken Fried Rice

This Thai Peanut Chicken Fried Rice is a healthy and delicious way to use up just about any leftovers that you can pull out of your refrigerator. It’s a one-skillet dinner that’s loaded with veggies and protein. The added bonus? Everyone LOVES it!

I do a little happy dance each time I create a new recipe that is fast, nutritious, and devoured by my kids. What more could a busy mom ask for?!

This recipe is actually just a spin on another one of our favorite dinners: Cold Sesame Peanut Noodle Salad. The dressing that I created a few years ago for that noodle salad is just so darn good…I needed another excuse to enjoy it! With some leftover cooked brown rice, some frozen veggies, and a store-bought rotisserie chicken, this dinner was born. I swear, I could slather that sauce on just about anything and my family members would clean their plates!

If you have leftover ground beef, turkey, pork, or steak, those options would all work well in this dish too! And feel free to mix up the veggies, tossing in whatever your family loves best. Oh, and if brown rice isn’t your “thing,” then you could certainly substitute an equal amount of cooked white rice, quinoa, couscous, or just about any other grain (or pseudo-grain) that you can find in your kitchen! Now that I think about it, this is more of a “method” than an actual recipe!

Whatever you call it, you can be sure of one thing: your family and friends will gladly finish every last bite! This little guy followed me around the kitchen as I was preparing the dish and snapping photos…just waiting to get his little hands on a bite. He then proceeded to eat it for two more days because every time he saw it in the refrigerator he squealed until I gave him some!

{nice hair, right?!}

And my five-year-old wasn’t much different. He also enjoyed it for two nights in a row, and was sure to tell me that it was “SO GOOD that I’m not even picking around the broccoli and edamame. I’m eating it ALL, Mom!”

So there you have it. A ringing endorsement from two of my toughest critics! 

I’m sharing this recipe over on Memories by the Mile today, so be sure to hop on over HERE for the full recipe!

If you like this dinner, you might also enjoy these options:

Slow Cooker Cherry Coke Barbecue Chicken Sliders

4-Ingredient, 4-Minute Chicken Taco Rice Bowls

One-Dish Chicken, Broccoli, and Cheese Pasta