| 1 | package (1 pound 4 ounces) bone-in skinless chicken thighs |
| 1 | can (14 ounces) coconut milk (not cream of coconut) |
| 1 | package (3.5 ounces) Thai peanut sauce mix (2 envelopes) |
| 2 | medium carrots, sliced (1 cup) |
| 1 | medium onion, chopped ( 1/2 cup) |
| 3 | cups water |
| 3 | cups uncooked instant rice |
| 1 | pound uncooked peeled deveined medium shrimp, thawed if frozen and tails removed |
| 1 | cup Green giant® frozen sweet peas (from 1-pound bag) |
| 1 | tablespoon cornstarch |
| 1/3 | cup chopped peanuts, if desired |
| 3 | tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, if desired |
| 1. | Place chicken in 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker.
Add coconut milk. Stir in both envelopes of sauce mix, carrots and
onion.
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| 2. | Cover and cook on low heat setting 8 to 10 hours.
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| 3. | About 30 minutes before serving, heat water to boiling in 2-quart
saucepan over high heat. Remove from heat and stir in rice; cover and
let stand about 5 minutes or until water is absorbed. Fluff rice with fork
before serving.
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| 4. | Remove chicken from cooker; keep warm. Add shrimp and peas to
cooker. Increase heat setting to high. Mix 1/4 cup sauce from cooker
and the cornstarch in small bowl; stir into mixture in cooker.
Cover and cook 5 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until shrimp are
pink and firm and sauce has thickened slightly.
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| 5. | Meanwhile, remove chicken from bones; coarsely chop chicken and
return to cooker. Serve chicken mixture over rice. Garnish with peanuts
and cilantro.
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| Thaw frozen peas before adding to slow cooker. Increase cook time in step 4 to 10 to 20 minutes.
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| If you're not a shrimp lover, just omit it for a tasty Thai Chicken.
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| Look for Thai peanut sauce mix in the ethnic-foods section of your grocery store. Bone-in chicken is used because the bones help keep the chicken from shredding during the long cooking time.
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| Reduced-fat ("lite") coconut milk can be used in place of the regular coconut milk.
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| For a change of pace, serve over cooked jasmine rice.
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Nutrition Information:
580 ( 200); 22g ( 13g); 145mg; 260mg; 62g ( 5g); 34g 32% 4 ; 3 ; 2 4