4.5 from 240 votes
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.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 3 people
Calories: 447 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Vietnamese
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
- Marinate the chicken with the marinade ingredients for 10 minutes. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients for the caramel sauce and set aside.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Add the jalapeño and continue to cook for about 1 minute. Dish out and serve immediately with steamed rice.
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Notes
- To debone chiken thighs, please check out "How to Debone Chicken Thighs."
- You may use skinless and boneless chicken thighs.
Nutrition Information
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
% 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.