Sweet and sticky chicken has always been my thing.
I love any food coated and grilled in a sticky sauce, but chicken, in particular is a favourite of mine. So when I was wandering through Instagram recipes for ideas for Sunday Lunch, the pictures of saucy-glazed chicken caught my attention.
I was particularly drawn to the many Firecracker Chicken recipes I saw. They promised a sweet, yet spicy flavour-burst… something I definitely couldn’t turn down.
And while some recipes were too complicated, too sugary, too hot and too exotic, I finally put together a list of ingredients that were easy enough for me to source and packed one hell of a flavour punch.
So here it is, my interpretation of Firecracker Chicken:
Calories
506 cal
Fat
14 g
Carbs
101 g
Protein
1 g
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Sweet and Hot, sticky-glazed Firecracker Chicken
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Ingredients
- Firecracker Chicken
- ½ cup chilli sauce
- ½ cup brown sugar or honey
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped.
- 1 pinch red pepper chilli flakes
- 1 tablespoon oil
- Chicken pieces
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Crispy steamed vegetables and brown rice or noodles, to serve.
Instructions
- Heat a saucepan to a moderate heat. Add garlic and chilli flakes and allow to brown slightly. Add chilli sauce, soy sauce, apple cider vinegar and honey or sugar. I personally used honey instead of the sugar. Stir until the honey/sugar has dissolved and allow to simmer on a low heat.
- Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper and lightly brush with the sauce mixture. Brown the chicken pieces in a pan over a medium to high heat until the skin is golden and crispy but the chicken is not entirely cooked.
- Spread the chicken out on a baking pan and, again, brush with the firecracker sauce mixture. Cover the chicken and baking pan with a sheet of foil. Preheat the oven to 180°C and bake for 35 – 45 minutes, until the chicken pieces are cooked through.
- Set the oven to grill. Remove the foil and pour the juices on the tray into a saucepan. Brush the chicken pieces with the firecracker sauce again and place in the oven under the heated element.
- Add the remainder of the firecracker sauce to the saucepan with the baking tray juices and allow to simmer so that the mixture can reduce and thicken.
- Remove the chicken pieces from the oven once the sauce has become a sticky glaze on the chicken pieces. Serve the chicken with crunchy, steamed or stir-fried vegetables, such as broccoli, mange tout, carrots, baby corn and/or wilted spinach leaves and rice or noodles of your choice. Drizzle the sauce and pan juices mixture over the chicken, vegetables and rice/noodles.
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Calories
506 cal
Fat
14 g
Carbs
101 g
Protein
1 g
Sweet and Hot, sticky-glazed Firecracker Chicken
Save RecipeIngredients
- Firecracker Chicken
- ½ cup chilli sauce
- ½ cup brown sugar or honey
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped.
- 1 pinch red pepper chilli flakes
- 1 tablespoon oil
- Chicken pieces
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Crispy steamed vegetables and brown rice or noodles, to serve.
Instructions
- Heat a saucepan to a moderate heat. Add garlic and chilli flakes and allow to brown slightly. Add chilli sauce, soy sauce, apple cider vinegar and honey or sugar. I personally used honey instead of the sugar. Stir until the honey/sugar has dissolved and allow to simmer on a low heat.
- Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper and lightly brush with the sauce mixture. Brown the chicken pieces in a pan over a medium to high heat until the skin is golden and crispy but the chicken is not entirely cooked.
- Spread the chicken out on a baking pan and, again, brush with the firecracker sauce mixture. Cover the chicken and baking pan with a sheet of foil. Preheat the oven to 180°C and bake for 35 – 45 minutes, until the chicken pieces are cooked through.
- Set the oven to grill. Remove the foil and pour the juices on the tray into a saucepan. Brush the chicken pieces with the firecracker sauce again and place in the oven under the heated element.
- Add the remainder of the firecracker sauce to the saucepan with the baking tray juices and allow to simmer so that the mixture can reduce and thicken.
- Remove the chicken pieces from the oven once the sauce has become a sticky glaze on the chicken pieces. Serve the chicken with crunchy, steamed or stir-fried vegetables, such as broccoli, mange tout, carrots, baby corn and/or wilted spinach leaves and rice or noodles of your choice. Drizzle the sauce and pan juices mixture over the chicken, vegetables and rice/noodles.
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Be sure to keep tissues or wet wipes on hand because things are about to get sticky! But a good kind of sticky.
Or just employ the age-old traditional of licking those phalanges clean. ?
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