Caramel Chicken

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4.5

240 reviews
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  • Prep Time

    10 mins

  • Cook Time

    10 mins

  • Total Time

    20 mins

  • Servings

    3 people

  • Calories

    447 kcal

  • Course

    Main Course

  • Cuisine

    Vietnamese

Caramel Chicken

Vietnamese-style caramel chicken on skillet with sticky, sweet, savory, and mildly spicy caramel sauce. This chicken is so good with steamed rice.

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Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 lb. chicken thighs with skin, deboned
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/2 Jalapeño sliced

Marinade:

  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • black pepper

Caramel Sauce:

  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1/2 tablespoon sugar
  • 3 teaspoons rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar
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Instructions

  1. Marinate the chicken with the marinade ingredients for 10 minutes. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients for the caramel sauce and set aside.
  2. Heat up a skillet (cast iron preferred) on medium to high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of oil. Pan-fry the chicken (skin side up) until the bottom turns slightly crispy and brown. Repeat the same for the skin until it becomes slightly charred. Transfer the chicken out of the skillet.
  3. Add the remaining oil into the skillet and sauté the garlic. Then, add the chicken back into the pan, followed by the caramel sauce mixture.
  4. Lower the heat to a simmer and continue to cook until the caramel sauce reduces and becomes amber in color. Be sure to turn the chicken a couple of times during cooking.
  5. Add the jalapeño and continue to cook for about 1 minute. Dish out and serve immediately with steamed rice.

Notes

  • To debone chiken thighs, please check out "How to Debone Chicken Thighs."
  • You may use skinless and boneless chicken thighs.

Nutrition Information

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Serving 1g Calories 447kcal (22%) Carbohydrates 8g (3%) Protein 25g (50%) Fat 34g (52%) Saturated Fat 7g (35%) Polyunsaturated Fat 8g Monounsaturated Fat 16g Trans Fat 0.2g Cholesterol 148mg (49%) Sodium 1060mg (44%) Potassium 363mg (10%) Fiber 0.1g (0%) Sugar 7g (14%) Vitamin A 145IU (3%) Vitamin C 4mg (4%) Calcium 24mg (2%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 3people

Amount Per Serving

Calories 447 kcal

% Daily Value*

Serving 1g
Calories 447kcal 22%
Carbohydrates 8g 3%
Protein 25g 50%
Fat 34g 52%
Saturated Fat 7g 35%
Polyunsaturated Fat 8g 47%
Monounsaturated Fat 16g 80%
Trans Fat 0.2g 10%
Cholesterol 148mg 49%
Sodium 1060mg 44%
Potassium 363mg 8%
Fiber 0.1g 0%
Sugar 7g 14%
Vitamin A 145IU 3%
Vitamin C 4mg 4%
Calcium 24mg 2%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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