--- title: Honey Lime Chicken & Thai Shrimp Cakes Meal Prep | Sugar Land description: "A Sugar Land week of Thai and Vietnamese plates: honey lime chicken tenders, flank steak with lime agave vinaigrette, and crispy baked Thai shrimp cakes." canonical: https://personalchefana.com/portfolio/honey-lime-chicken-thai-shrimp-cakes-meal-prep-sugar-land/ language: en-US --- Weekly Meal Prep · Houston, TX # Thai and Vietnamese plates with honey lime chicken, a herbed flank steak and pesto burrata gnocchi **Date:** July 23, 2026 **Service:** Weekly Meal Prep **Prep Time:** 6 hours **Dishes:** 10 ![Thai and Vietnamese plates with honey lime chicken, a herbed flank steak and pesto burrata gnocchi](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul23-chicken/honey-lime-tenders-flank-steak-spread.jpg) What We Prepared ## Complete Menu Weekly Meal Prep · July 23, 2026 Proteins Honey Lime chicken tenders Crispy baked Thai shrimp cakes Chicken peanut Pad Thai noodles Vietnamese flank steak with lime agave vinaigrette Salads Plum, Romaine, Cucumber, Basil salad with peach vinaigrette Starchy Sides Garlic roasted mixed sweet potatoes (purple, white, orange, red) Pesto burrata gnocchi Vegetables Honey Lime roasted cauliflower Maple bacon date Brussel sprouts Mozzarella & veggies stuffed zucchini boats Created by Chef Ana ## Photo Gallery ![Plums and cucumber crown the salad bowl while shrimp cakes, zucchini boats and flank steak fill the table.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul23-chicken/honey-lime-tenders-flank-steak-spread.jpg) Plums and cucumber crown the salad bowl while shrimp cakes, zucchini boats and flank steak fill the table. ![Torn basil runs through plum wedges and cucumber coins, peach vinaigrette waiting in its own jar.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul23-chicken/plum-romaine-cucumber-basil-salad.jpg) Torn basil runs through plum wedges and cucumber coins, peach vinaigrette waiting in its own jar. ![Chopped herbs blanket the vietnamese flank steak, pad thai noodles and pesto gnocchi at its shoulders.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul23-chicken/vietnamese-flank-steak-herbs.jpg) The herbs go on after slicing rather than before, so nothing on the surface has been near the pan. ![Melted mozzarella stripes the tomato filled zucchini boats, whole basil leaves dropped over each one.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul23-chicken/mozzarella-stuffed-zucchini-boats.jpg) Melted mozzarella stripes the tomato filled zucchini boats, whole basil leaves dropped over each one. ![Torn burrata sits on the pesto gnocchi beside scallion topped pad thai and sliced flank steak.](https://cdn.personalchefana.com/portfolio/jul23-chicken/pesto-burrata-gnocchi-pad-thai.jpg) Torn burrata sits on the pesto gnocchi beside scallion topped pad thai and sliced flank steak. Chef Ana's Perspective ## Chef's Notes Flank is all grain and almost no fat, so it takes a fast hard sear, comes off at 130°F and then rests a full fifteen minutes before anything touches it with a knife. Cut it with the grain instead of across and you have rope. The herbs go on after slicing so none of them scorch. The lime agave vinaigrette travels in its own jar, because acid sitting on cut beef for four days greys the surface. **Read the full notes** Pad thai is a dish about balance rather than heat: sour, sweet, salty, then peanut over the top. The traditional method has the noodles going in barely soaked so they finish cooking in the sauce, and that is exactly what rescues it as a delivery dish, because they arrive firm and land properly after a reheat. Scallion greens go over cold at the end. It is the one thing here I will not double, since the pan needs the room to work. Plum and peach are both worth buying right now, so they went into one salad from two directions: plum cut through romaine with cucumber and basil, peach blended into the vinaigrette that dresses it. That vinaigrette is packed apart, because romaine gives up within the hour once it is wet. The same market trip is where the burrata for the gnocchi came from. Eat that salad first and the gnocchi second. Reheating, shortest first. The crispy baked thai shrimp cakes want 6 minutes in an air fryer, the honey lime chicken tenders 8 minutes at 350°F covered, and the mozzarella stuffed zucchini boats 12 minutes at 375°F uncovered so the cheese melts again instead of weeping out. The garlic roasted mixed sweet potatoes come back better in a dry pan than in an oven. 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