Peanut Noodles With Shredded Chicken & Vegetables

Choose a combination (12 oz) of vegetable from the salad bar and create your own mix. Here we used carrots, broccoli & snow-peas already premixed. We chose regular spaghetti instead of whole-wheat as the resident's won't eat the other. Also, we used regular peanut butter. EatingWell.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1  lb boneless skinless chicken breast
• 1⁄2 cup  smooth  natural-style peanut butter
• 2  tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
• 2  teaspoons  minced garlic
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons  huy fong  chili-garlic sauce (to taste)
• 1  teaspoon  minced fresh ginger
• 8  ounces  whole wheat spaghetti
• 12  ounces  fresh  mixed vegetables, such as carrots, broccoli, snow peas

Directions

1. Put a large pot of water on to boil for cooking pasta.
2. Meanwhile, place chicken in a skillet or saucepan and add enough water; bring to a boil.
3. Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer gently until cooked through and no longer pink in the middle, 10 to 12 minutes.
4. Transfer the chicken to a cutting board.
5. When cool enough to handle, shred into bite-size strips.
6. Whisk peanut butter, soy sauce, garlic, chili-garlic sauce and ginger in a large bowl.
7. Cook pasta in the boiling water until not quite tender, about 1 minute less than specified in the package directions.
8. Add vegetables and cook until the pasta and vegetables are just tender, 1 minute more.
9. Drain, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
10. Rinse the pasta and vegetables with cool water to refresh.
11. Stir the reserved cooking liquid into the peanut sauce; add the pasta, vegetables and chicken; toss well to coat.
12. Serve warm or chilled.