Swimming Rama Chicken
Your weekly take-out has gone Take-IN with this Swimming Rama Chicken! One of your Thai favorites is so easy to make at home, and cheaper too!
Dish Count :: 1 Mixing Bowl, 1 Skillet, 1 Saucepan
We went to a social function this weekend! It’s not like this is a revolutionary thing for most people, but for a night shift nurse and his wife, you know how rare this occasion can be. It’s made even more rare when it’s the night shift nurse who wants to go out with his friends! So for me, I’m 100% supportive, since I drag him to events with my friends all the time – it’s totally fair to share the love.
It’s not like it’s hard to spend time with his friends – particularly his old fraternity brothers who are all really awesome guys. And at this stage in our lives, we are all married, where I get to spend time with their equally awesome wives. There are things that have changed since our college days, and some things that have most definitely stayed the same.
Beer pong – same.
Slip and Slide in the yard – same.
Old man groans as they belly flop down the Slip and Slide – Definitely changed.
Wives rolling their eyes – Check.
Reminiscing with all of these guys was great, and hearing stories of Ben, and how fond these guys are of him made me even more proud of him, too. I really found a keeper – and despite the fact that it still cracks me up that my Ben was a frat boy back in college, the notorious homebody, he has a great group of guys to go hang out with any time his wicked night shift schedule will actually allow it.
But one thing we will have to work on is him loosening his wallet when it comes to invitations to the guy’s poker game…
His reaction was “Oh, you mean, like play for money?”
“No… we play for peanut butter.”
Face palm.
I’ll put up that $20 buy in to keep him hanging out with his buddies. They’re such wonderful guys, and it means unlimited remote control time for me. Win-win.
One of our favorite take-out dinners is Thai food, and as routine homebodies, we routinely order the same thing. For me, it’s Swimming Rama Chicken. I love the peanut sauce, chicken and the loads of spinach makes me feel better about the choices I make in my life. But I realized it’s so simple and I had to try and make it myself – so I did and dang it, it’s GOOD! You have to try this Swimming Rama chicken yourself soon, it’s a cinch! And a serious money saver.
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Swimming Rama Chicken
- Prep Time: 15 Minutes
- Cook Time: 15 Minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: Asia
Ingredients
- 1 Boneless, skinless Chicken Breast, sliced very thin
- Salt and Pepper
- 1/2 c. Smooth Peanut Butter
- 1 Tbsp. Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 1 Tbsp. Honey
- 6 Tbsp. White Whine
- 2 tsp. Rice Vinegar
- 1″ Ginger Root, grated. Or, if using prepared ginger, 1 Tbsp.
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 Tbsp. Cilantro, chopped
- 1 bag of Fresh Spinach, 8 cups
- 1/4 cup Peanuts, chopped optional
- 1/2 cup Rice
Instructions
Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the skillet over medium heat. Spray the skillet with non-stick spray. When the skillet is hot, add in chicken in a single layer and saute until the chicken is golden brown. Turn the chicken only once. Turn over and continue the chicken until finished cooking. Turn the heat off. Slowly add in the spinach to the skillet and allow the spinach to wilt, tossing to combine. Add in half of the peanut sauce to coat the chicken and spinach.
Rinse white rice, and prepare according to package directions. Set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, soy sauce, honey, white wine, rice vinegar, ginger, garlic and cilantro for the peanut sauce. If the sauce is too thick add additional white wine. Set aside.
Slice the chicken and serve the chicken in bowls, layering rice in the bottom of bowls, and top with chicken and spinach. Top with additional peanut sauce if desired and chopped peanuts. Serve immediately!
Keywords: Chicken, Peanut, Thai, Asian
Heck Yea to “Take In” this looks delicious…
Mmmmmm, that sauce!! This looks delish!
Slip and slide?? Heck ya!!! I almost always go fort he pad thai when it comes to thai food, but when I’ve ordered it one too many times, Rama chicken is what I go for. I hadn’t a clue how to make it at home until now. Looks totally restaurant-quality!
I would take-in with you any night of the week. And flop down a slip and slide too! 🙂
This recipe looks perfect for dinner
this sounds yummy – quick question, I do not drink wine and thereby do not keep it in the house unless using a fair amount for a recipe, as this calls for a small amount – do you think it’s okay to substitute chicken broth?
Hi Carey, give chicken broth a try and add in some lime juice as well. The white wine gives it a nice bright flavor, and the lime juice should do the same. I hope that helps!
Recipes such as this make my family one happy bunch!
This recipe looks yummy, and it would be the perfect way to use up what’s left of my spinach in the fridge. Glad to hear your got to do something fun this weekend! We also have a hard time getting ourselves out of the house to hang out with friends, but when we do I always have so much fun 🙂
Haha, those get togethers sound eerily similar to Ulysses’ friends. I swear somethings never change… Thankfully, the food has and there are things like this to eat now!
Oh man…..beer pong! Those were the days! Also, when I was in college, my roommates decided to hold a joint birthday party at our apartment, and our friends turned out kitchen into a mini slip and slide! It was an epic party and an even more epic clean up the day after. I still talk about those fun times with my college friends!
This take-in dish looks fantastic! And cooking this is waaay quicker than ordering delivery. Love it.
I saw this on my Bloglovin this morning. OH MY! I was ready for lunch and hadn’t even had breakfast yet! YUM!
Girl I’m all about this!!! Take in for life!!
HUGE fan of peanut sauce and that combined with spinach is a definite winner – yum!
You are so genius! Bring on more of these take-in recipes! Now, pass me this rama chicken!
Can I come over to your house for take-in please? This looks wonderful and now I’m hungry again just looking at these photos. Yum!! 🙂
I’ll take this in for sure, looks amazing right about now. And it’s only 10am. I especially love the greens in it. Plus, the old moans of the older dudes, priceless.
I equate swimming with saucy and lots of flavors, if we’re talking food of course. Sounds great!
I love the name of this dish! The flavors sound amazing!
Like the ingredients in this dish and probably would’ve never had guessed there was peanut butter used – delicious!
Spinach and peanut sauce? Heaven!!
This seems so simple and flavorful. Love!!
Thai people don’t use chopsticks.
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I don’t have fresh ginger. Have you tried it with dried?
I have not tried it with dry. It’s worth a shot, but it might change the flavors slightly. Please let me know how it turns out. And I hate keeping fresh ginger around since I can’t use it fast enough, there is bottled fresh ginger usually in the grocer’s produce area near the salad section. It helps alot!