Spicy Caramel Chicken
4.7
Ingredients
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 45 min
Instructions
- 1 Whisk brown sugar, vinegar, fish sauce, garlic, ginger, hot sauce, and soy sauce together in a large bowl.
- 2 Place chicken in a separate bowl. Add ¼ cup brown sugar sauce; toss until chicken well coated. Set aside for 15 minutes.
- 3 Heat vegetable oil in a heavy skillet over high heat until oil starts to smoke. Add chicken in a single layer; cook and stir until chicken starts to caramelize and turn deep brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Stir in jalapeños and red peppers, peanuts, and ½ cup green onions; cook and stir, 1 minute. Add remaining brown sugar sauce; simmer until heated through, 1 to 2 minutes.
- 4 Off heat, stir in cilantro. Serve over hot cooked rice; top with chopped green onions.
By John Mitzewich