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Spicy Caramel Chicken
Chef John
"This is an updated version of one of my earliest and most popular recipes. This chicken is fast, easy, delicious and historically significant!"
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Ingredients
49 m servings 1004 calsOriginal recipe yields 4 servings
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- Whisk grated ginger, garlic, brown sugar, rice vinegar, fish sauce, hot sauce, and soy sauce together in a large bowl.
- Place chicken chunks in a bowl. Pour 1/4 cup of the prepared sauce onto chicken chunks; mix until all chicken pieces are coated. Set aside 15 minutes.
- Heat vegetable oil in a heavy skillet over high heat. As soon as oil starts to smoke, place chicken chunks in a single layer in the pan. Cook and stir until chicken pieces start to caramelize and turn deep brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Stir in sliced jalapeno and red peppers, peanuts, and green onions. Cook and stir one minute. Pour in remainder of sauce. Simmer until heated through, 1 or 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Stir in cilantro. Serve over hot cooked rice and top with chopped green onions.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 1004 calories; 47.7 g fat; 93.6 g carbohydrates; 49.7 g protein; 191 mg cholesterol; 1934 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
11/29/2015
This is absolutely delicious and very easy to make. I made sure to use a cast iron skillet as I don't think the flavor would be quite there with a non-stick or thin pan. Used red peppers in mine...
Most helpful critical review
5/18/2016
All the flavors are there but the saltiness overpowered everything and spoiled the dish.The only change I made was to cut back the heat. I used less hot sauce and substituted red peppers for the...
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11/29/2015
This is absolutely delicious and very easy to make. I made sure to use a cast iron skillet as I don't think the flavor would be quite there with a non-stick or thin pan. Used red peppers in mine...
3/9/2016
Delish! Yum! I left out the chili peppers (had to be careful for the other eater in my house) and the cilantro (didn't have it on hand), but otherwise I followed the recipe. I used a packet o...
2/16/2018
This is delicious. I've made it several times now for guests and they've all raved about it, and it's my boyfriend's favorite dish that I make for him. I follow the recipe without any changes, h...
12/18/2017
This recipe has flavor! Often times when I come across recipes for stir fry types they are really bland. My spouse and I enjoy a lot of flavor and heat! My changes - I used 4 jalapenos instea...
9/29/2017
This is great, didn't change anything and saw where others suggested to let the chicken cook the 8-10 minutes to get the caramel type coating. So just watch your temp and it will make a nice coa...
5/18/2016
All the flavors are there but the saltiness overpowered everything and spoiled the dish.The only change I made was to cut back the heat. I used less hot sauce and substituted red peppers for the...
9/6/2015
HEE HAW! Oh boy, this is spicy! I used peppers from my garden, seeded and deveined. Sriracha for the hot sauce in the marinade. Sinus clearing but really good. Make sure to have plenty of r...
8/22/2017
OMG Chef John, this was just fantastic! Although I rarely divert from your recipes because they are so marvelous, I added some shitake mushrooms and this was terrific. Thank you!