CPK Thai Peanut Chicken Pasta made with white meat chicken, vegetables, and a honey-peanut sauce full of umami, this California Pizza Kitchen dish is easy to make at home.
CPK Thai Peanut Chicken Pasta made with white meat chicken, vegetables, and a honey-peanut sauce full of umami, this California Pizza Kitchen dish is easy to make at home. I mean it! Put the take-out menus away!
There is no doubt about it, we’re a noodle loving house. A surefire way to make sure I am not making extra grilled cheese sandwiches for anyone who refuses to eat is to make noodles, especially peanut noodles. Even if you have leftovers (which we sometimes don’t as we have been known to overeat pasta around these parts), you can’t count on getting any of the leftovers.
The next morning I woke up having dreamt about this CPK Thai Peanut Chicken Pasta (I am a weird soul who can dream about carbs, I think it is the diets I was on as a young adult!) and when I made my way downstairs in the morning I knew I was going to take a cold bite of pasta only to find my husband had done away with the small amount left in the middle of the night. That is how good this pasta is…. it doesn’t even make it to the next morning.
This is where I would normally give you the play by play photos for this amazing CPK Thai Peanut Chicken Pasta. Only problem is that my SD card bit the dust and I only noticed it after I had finished making the dish. Thankfully I was going to offload the pictures before taking the glamour shots, so the delicious proof of the meal still exists!
During dinner, my husband suggested I draw a stick figure (this is about as artistic as I get) re-enactment of the cooking process for you while I was expressing frustrating with my SD card having failed me. The look I gave him in return said as much as I imagine it needed to because his next move was to take the kids upstairs for bath time and bedtime! This meant I got to watch some Real Housewives while enjoying the end of my pasta. Double win! PS, is there anyone out there who is actually Team Ramona? She makes my head hurt. Watching her also makes me miss RHOBH and my darling Lisa.
Ok, ok I just went off on a tangent. Back to the food already! Right?
If you chop the ingredients while you boil the water and make the sauce while the veggies are cooking you will be done start to finish in 20 minutes. Just be aware this recipe does use pre-made chicken chunks. We had roasted a couple of chickens off in the oven the day before so it was easy enough to toss the pieces in.
If you don’t have any pre-cooked chicken on hand, dice up the chicken breast in ¾ inch cubes, season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large skillet and add the chicken. Let cook undisturbed for 3-4 minutes, then turn. Give it another 2 minutes and you are ready to go! If you do make the chicken fresh, I highly suggest cooking the veggies in this pan, the chicken bits left behind can only add more flavor! 
Ingredients
- 1 pound thin spaghetti
- 3 tablespoons oriental sesame oil , divided use
- 1 cup julienned carrots
- 2 cups napa cabbage , sliced
- 2 cups chopped , cooked chicken breast meat
- 8 green onions , chopped
- 5 garlic cloves , minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger , peeled and minced
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Sriracha sauce
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to boil.
- Add 1-2 tbsp of salt to season the water.
- Cook pasta, al dente (I shoot for a minute shy of what the box says)
- Drain pasta and toss with 2 tbsp sesame oil.
- Pat dry the inside of the pot and add 1 tbsp of sesame oil.
- If you would like to add some green onions as a garnish at the end, reserve ¼ cup of them before putting the rest in the pan.
- Add the green onions, carrots, napa cabbage, chicken, garlic and ginger.
- Saute for a minute or two until they have softened and barely start to turn color.
- Add in the honey, peanut butter, soy sauce, vinegar and Sriracha.
- Stir all the ingredients together and add the pasta back into the pot.
- Toss the pasta with the rest of the ingredients and serve!
- Garnish with remaining green onions if you chose to reserve some.
Notes
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I am hungry and this is starving me to death. I love any kind of Asian meal with chicken in it.
Haha. I’m the same way. I often look at blogs when I am hungry.
I have never had Thai food but u must say this looks amazing!!! I’m sure my husband would love for me to expand my culinary flavors!! I can’t wait to try this!!!
I hope you love it!
This sounds like a delicious recipe. Chicken is on sale right now, so I’ll get some to make this. The recipe is easy to follow and has some yummy ingredients I like to eat.
This dish looks amazing! I’ll have to try this. My kids would love. They are huge fans of anything with noodles! lol
Mine too! Ah, kids.
OMG this looks so good! I’ll have to make it one night for my and my hubby! My daughter is allergic to peanuts 🙁 but we love CPK so I think we may try it the next time we go!
Is she allergic to all nuts? If not, try cashews! It is still amazing when made with Cashew butter!
That looks so yummy. I am always up to try a great Asian recipe.
I love CPK’s thai chicken salad, so I’m sure I would love this recipe. Looks delicious!
That looks incredible. I really enjoy Thai food so this is on my list of things to try.
Wow I’d love to make this meal. That touch of ginger sounds so good right now.
Looks good. I guess you’re just going to have to remake the dish for the pictures!
I know, right? DARN IT! I have to eat this again! Shucks!
Yum! I cannot wait to try this. I always forget I can make Thai at home. Since I am the only one who will eat it. I am going to try your recipe and most of the family is out of town for the holiday it makes it that much more special. Your pictures are lovely.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!
That looks so delicious! I made something similar on Monday and it was just incredible! Great recipe!
Thanks!
I really like CPK and Thai so this is probably something I should make! Thank you for sharing!!
My pleasure!
Peanut sauce calls to me. I can’t wait to try this recipe. I love going out to eat, but it can be tricky and expensive. I’d much rather have yummy meals at home.
Yes! I feel like anytime we go out to CPK for the 4 of us, we easily go over $80-$100 and I could make a great meal AND get a mani-pedi for that!
That is an awesome. meal. Looks so tasty.
This dish combines two things I can’t live without, pasta and Thai food. I would totally inhale this recipe!
Thank you!
ok…so I wasn’t hungry before I started reading this post! This looks amazing.
I take that as a compliment! I love when reading a blog makes me hungry!
Wow, this looks great! I just had thai today and thought how awesome it would be to know how to make it myself!
Thanks!
YUM!! That looks so good. I love Thai food! I will definitely be making this recipe very soon! Thanks!
I hope you enjoy it!
This looks super delicious, I really want to make it! I have a peanut allergy kid though so will have to use almond or cashew butter instead. I know, not quite the same but a necessity 😉
I have made it with cashew butter actually!! I almost love it as much. Peanut is just such a familiar flavor!
Wow! That looks so yummy! I could have a plate right now
Thanks!
I could devour that whole plate in no time flat. Haha. It looks SO good!
Thanks so much 🙂 I finish mine in record time too. It is such a fun pasta dish!
That looks yummy! I think my family would love this for dinner one night!
I hope you enjoy it if you get around to trying it 🙂
Beautiful photos! Sorry you weren’t able to get as many as you like, but the post is very gorgeous anyways. I have a warm place in my heart for peanut noddles because a friend made them for me after the birth of my daughter. I had never had anything similar, and they were so incredible. Thanks for sharing.
Aww thank you! That is so sweet to have such a great food memory. I craved In ‘n Out while pregnant so now when I drive by one I always remember those days too.
I have to try making this. It looks so delicious. i will have to make it for dinner this week.
I hope you love it!
I have never made anything like this before. I will have to try making this on the weekend. I am sure my kids will love it.
Yes! It is a really kid friendly dish!
This looks so good! I love making special dinners that we would normally order out for!
Yes! Me too! When I recreate something I love in a restaurant I feel like it is a total win 🙂
Oh I am drooling over this! it looks absolutely amazing! And I just love Thai food!
Thank you! That is so sweet!
You always know how to make me hungry! This looks way too good!
I try my darndest at it!
I would love to try this, it looks SO good! It reminds me of chicken fried rice with noodles added, love it!
Ok, now I totally need to eat some fried rice with noodles! Starch on top of starch is my happy place, haha.
Please provide a recipe for the fried rice.
Thanks in advance!
Here you go! There’s also a Panda Express Fried Rice Copycat that you can find by typing it into the search bar at the top of the page. 🙂
https://dinnerthendessert.com/classic-fried-rice/
I never knew California Pizza Kitchen had pasta dishes but do enjoy their menu items I have tried. I will never turn down a Thai dish with a bit of spice and (total side note) I love RHOBH too.
It is so hard to look away from the list of pizzas but they have 2 pasta dishes I obsess over. This one is no longer on their menu but the other one (which I will make shortly for the blog) that I LOVE is their Kung Pao Chicken Spaghetti. It is so delicious, I order it every time we go! PS, RHOBH is the best, hands down, especially now that they let Brandi go!
I think this looks really good. I need to make this for family and hope they like it too.
Thank you!
I jut picked up a Thia meal helper to make a similar dish but yours looks simple enough to do on my own! I’ve never had the CPK version, and didn’t know CPK had Thai selections either.
Yes! It is really easy! It is amazing how quickly things like ginger, garlic and sesame oil build amazing flavor!
Yum! Now I want this for dinner. Peanut sauce is my favorite right now.
Me too! I love peanut sauce!
A beautiful presentation! While I’m not big on thai food, my husband is a big fan.
Thank you!
this looks so freaking good.. I love the CPK noodle salad!! Pinning for later!
Thanks so much for the pin!
This looks so good. Def a dish I’ve never had but would love to try some day. I’m very interested in Peanut Chicken!
Thanks!
This looks really good. I need to make this I think my husband and son will like it. Thanks for the recipe.
No problem 🙂
This is seriously my favorite Thai recipe. I could eat it everyday! Making this one soon. The picture looks amazing!
Thank you! I am trying really hard to take good photos… my husband gets so impatient when dinner is ready! haha.
Oh my this looks SO good! I love Thai food and my hubby would go crazy over this yummy dish!
Thank you!
This looks GOOD! This would be great for a rainy night when you don’t feel like doing anything but cuddling up and watching a movie!
Agreed!
That looks so good! I’m going to have to give this a try. Oh, and I would have loved to see the stick figure reenactment! 🙂
Haha the stick figure re-enactment would have been terrible.
Dreaming about carbs makes perfect sense to me!
Right? My husband thinks I’m weird, haha.
This is one of my favorite things to make. I always make too much chicken when we’re grilling because I know we’ll find a way to eat it. This might actually be on the menu tonight. My daughter’s going to a sleepover so hubby and I can really kick it up a notch. Sounds delish!
Wonderful! I hope you enjoy it!
we LOVE noddles too, and thai chicken is SO yummy! I cannot wait to try this
I hope you love it!
This looks delicious! This dish reminds me a little bit of pad thai that my husband makes. This dish looks like something my family would love and I can’t wait to try to make it!
I hope you guys love it 🙂
This is definitely going on my to make list. I love Asian food, so I’d love to try my hand at making it.
It can seem intimidating, but it really is so much easier than you would think 🙂
That sounds SO good. I am definitely making this and SOON.
That looks delicious. I’ll have to give this recipe a try. I’ve always wanted to try my hand at making my own Asian food.
Thank you, I hope you love it!
Ok, so this looks crazy delicious! Very well done.
Aww how sweet. Thank you 🙂