Thai Chicken and Cabbage Skillet
Easy 20-minute chicken and cabbage skillet with ground chicken, coleslaw mix, carrots, and the most delicious peanut sauce.
It’s such a good weeknight meal to serve with 4-Ingredient Roasted Garlic Green Beans.
Chicken and Cabbage Skillet
With easy to prepare instructions, simple ingredients, and the most delicious flavor, this chicken and cabbage skillet will become your favorite go-to meal. It’s insanely easy and quick to make, not to mention it’s ready in one pan! So less clean up.
Also, it’s easy to customize to suit your diet or to simply use up whatever veggies you have on hand.
It serves delicious on its own topped with cilantro and hot chili sauce. Or you can pair it with a refreshing cucumber salad for a balanced meal.
What Ingredients Do I Need?
Ground chicken, coleslaw cabbage mix, carrots, green onions, and cilantro.
For the peanut sauce, you’ll need peanut butter, soy sauce, garlic, honey, ginger, rice vinegar, and sesame oil. Also neutral oil for cooking.
To serve the chicken and cabbage, we love cilantro, hot chili sauce, and lime juice as a topping. But you can also add a light drizzle of reserved peanut sauce and more green onions.
What Else Can I Add?
- Bell peppers
- Edamame
- Kale
- Red cabbage
- Peanuts or cashews – as a topping
Also, you can swap out a bag of coleslaw mix for a small head of cabbage and a carrot.
How to Make Chicken with Cabbage and Carrots
Step 1: Make the Sauce – whisk together all the sauce ingredients and set aside.
Katya’s TIP: Save time on prep and make the peanut sauce up to 3 days in advance. Keep refrigerated until ready to use.
Step 2: Cook the Chicken – in a large non-stick skillet, heat some of the oil, about 1 tablespoon, and add the ground chicken. Cook until no longer pink while breaking up with a spoon. Remove to a bowl. Drain juices from the pan and wipe clean.
Step 3: Cook the Coleslaw – add the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil to the skillet and when hot, add the coleslaw mix and carrots. Cook until the cabbage is tender-crisp, about 3-4 minutes or so, while stirring constantly.
Step 4: Combine – add the chicken and sauce to the skillet. Season to taste, with salt and pepper. Cook until everything is heated through. Stir in green onions and cilantro.
Serve topped with more cilantro, hot chili sauce, and fresh lime juice.
Leftovers: Leftover chicken with cabbage will keep refrigerated for up to 3-4 days in an airtight container.
Side Dishes that Pair Well
This chicken and cabbage skillet pairs well with roasted vegetables or a fresh side salad. Here are a few options:
Video: How to Make Thai Chicken and Cabbage Skillet
More Easy Chicken Recipes
- One-Pot Chicken and Quinoa in Mustard Sauce
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- Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Bake
- Easy Chicken Vegetable Curry
- Chicken Cabbage Stir Fry
Thai Chicken and Cabbage Skillet
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Main
- Method: Stir-fry
- Cuisine: Thai
Description
Easy 20-minute chicken and cabbage skillet with ground chicken, coleslaw mix, carrots, and the most delicious peanut sauce.
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp. neutral oil, such as avocado oil, divided
- 1 lb. ground chicken
- 16 oz. coleslaw cabbage mix
- 2 medium carrots, grated
- 2–3 green onions, sliced
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro, plus more for serving
- Kosher salt and fresh black pepper
- Hot chili sauce, for serving
Sauce
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup soy sauce (use tamari for gluten free)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 Tbsp. honey
- 1 Tbsp. freshly grated ginger
- 1 Tbsp. rice vinegar
- 1 tsp. sesame oil
Instructions
- Whisk together the sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside.
- In a large non-stick skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of oil over medium-high heat. When hot, add ground chicken and cook until no longer pink, breaking up the meat with a spoon. Transfer to a bowl with a slotted spoon. Drain juices from pan and wipe clean.
- Add remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. When hot, add coleslaw mix and carrots and cook until tender-crisp, stirring constantly, about 3-4 minutes. If veggies begin to burn, reduce the heat. The goal here is to get the cabbage tender-crisp.
- Add chicken and sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook for few minutes until heated through.
- Stir in green onions and cilantro. Serve topped with more cilantro and hot chili sauce. I also like to add a squeeze of fresh lime juice.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 309
- Sugar: 12.1 g
- Sodium: 415.1 mg
- Fat: 19.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 19.1 g
- Protein: 17.8 g
- Cholesterol: 64.2 mg
Keywords: chicken and cabbage, eggroll in a bowl
Fabulous fast meal! The sauce is delicious. I used a head of cabbage, carrrots and added a little bell pepper to use up. I’m excited for the left overs for lunch. Will add to my meal rotation!
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Delicious and so easy! I added the suggested red bell pepper and also Calabrian chili peppers for heat. The squeeze of lime at the end gives it a great pop. Wow, so good!! I will make this again and again. Thanks
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kids loved it! added red pepper flakes to the chicken. and 2 tablespoons of honey extra to sauce to cut the peanut butter (kids don’t care for p.b. as much) added bean sprouts, kale, and peanuts.
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I found this recipe because I had a lot of cabbage to use up. So it took me a little longer because I had to grate all the cabbage on a mandolin but so tasty! Served it with the Vietnamese cucumber salad from the link above also super tasty. Note that I cut way back on the oil by using a big non stick skillet. Instead of the 4 Tbs of oil I thoroughly coated with a mist of grape seed oil and we didn’t miss the fat at all. Plenty from the peanut butter
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I love this recipe, I’ve used PB2 instead of peanut butter and added other veggies. I have to say though that the is no way I’m my world that this is 6 servings unless it’s a side dish
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This is excellent and will be on my regular meal rotation! My only substitution was diced rotisserie chicken for the ground chicken since I had the other on hand. Loved this meal!
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This is SOOOO good! WW points = 6. Love this!!
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Quick, easy, great flavors
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Does this freeze well?
It should freeze well.
I loved this dish, it was easy and checks all of the healthy boxes! Ingredients were items I had handy in my kitchen. I doubled the recipe for leftovers and topped with crushed peanuts for the crunch!
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My husband and I love this no trip for take out meal.
Sweet/ salty… very authentic taste. Thanks!
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Picky perfectionist recipe analyst right here and honestly – I loved this and it has perfect ratios. I added a teaspoon of chili oil but its balanced and vibrant without any tinkering!
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This was delicious!! I doubled the sauce just to have extra. I also added one more Tbsp of honey. I will for sure make this again soon! Might even try it with shrimp! Thank you for sharing!
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Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Delicious! Couldn’t find ground chicken so made it with ground turkey. This was easy and quick. It will definitely be a go to meal from now on.
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I just made this and it is absolutely delicious! I topped with sriracha and even more delicious. Thank you!!!
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Really yummy! Thanks for posting 🙂
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Is a serving 1 cup?
Approximately yes , probably a little more like 1 1/4
This recipe is sooooo delicious. Added red pepper, onion and jalepeno to the skillet. Used almond butter and coconut aminos in the sauce and in turn omitted the honey. I will be making this again and again!
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Thank you Emily! I’m so happy to hear that.
This was just a blissful meal! Easy to pref ahead and throw together. But best of all are the flavors! My husband said he LOVED it! I cut the peanut butter in half (only because I’m trying to keep the fat content down. I added red pepper and extra yellow onion (chopped). Everything else was exactly as the recipe states. I also served it with quinoa, again for healthier reasons. Many thanks for the recipe!
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Just made this for lunch and it was yummy! I used half the peanut butter, but followed otherwise. Will DEFINITELY make this again!
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Just made this recipe and it’s a hit with my family!! I added red peppers and spinach and served it with rice. So tasty! I love the peanut sauce and I love how easy it is. Next time I’ll add some peanuts on top for a little crunch. Thank you for sharing this recipe :))))
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Can the cilantro be replaced with something else. My husband and sons are not fans of cilantro….
Hi Renee: Yes, you can use fresh basil instead.
I use flat leaf parsely.
Added noodles and a little Sriracha and it was delish!!
This is my new Thai go to! Hubby raved about this dish!
Thank you!
So delicious! Next time I’m going to double the sauce and add some rice noodles!
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This recipe is delicious! I’ve made it several times now ????. Once I doubled it and didn’t have enough ground chicken so i added a pound of ground hot sausage. The little bit of heat just made it even better!
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Love that! I bet hot sausage was so good in it. Thanks for the feedback Lynn. So glad you’re enjoying the recipe.
I’m trying to figure out what hot chili sauce you mean. It’s not in the pictures. Is it Siracha or chili garlic sauce?
It’s simply Sriracha or any other hot sauce.
Can you say amazing…. Thank you so very much for sharing this wonderful recipe.
This ones a keeper. ????
Thank you!
This was delish thanks!
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I was ‘gifted’ a whole head of cabbage from my mom’s garden and had no idea what to do with it. ???? This was delicious as a quick lunch! Loved the sauce!
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Thank you for feedback! So happy to hear you loved the salad.
Just made this for dinner today and it was AMAZING. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you!
I made this tonight and it was tasty, my toddler ate it too which is a real win. I think next time I’ll saite the cabbage for only 1-2 minutes as mine got soft, and add some bell pepper and peanuts for crunch. Thanks for your blog!
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Thank you! So happy to hear you enjoyed it.
Love how it packs both protein and veggies. Plus, it’s really delicious. Thank you!
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Thank you!
It was perfect the first time. This is very really unique helpful information.I learn so much from you as well! Thank you so much for sharing your helpful information. Keep it up.
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