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Easy Sticky Garlic Chicken
Sticky garlic chicken is an easy and super tasty dinner recipe served with steamed rice and greens of your choice.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 259 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
Asian
Ingredients
- 500 g (1lb) boneless, skinless chicken thighs sliced into bite-size chunks
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
For the sauce
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp ginger crushed
- 6 garlic cloves crushed/minced
- 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp mirin
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Cube the chicken into bite-sized pieces then transfer to a mixing bowl.
- Add sesame oil and season with salt. Mix well.
- Heat a large pan or skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken until golden brown on all sides then remove from the pan and set aside.
- To make the sauce, mix the soy sauce, Hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, mirin, sugar, water and cornstarch together.
- In the same pan you cooked the chicken in, add the rest of the sesame oil, the ginger and the garlic.
- Saute for a few seconds then pour in the sauce.
- Cook until the sauce has thickened then add the chicken and any of its resting juices back into the pan.
- Cook for a few minutes until glossy and the chicken is cooked through.
- Serve the chicken and sauce over rice (or noodles) with greens of your choice.
- Scatter with sliced chillies and cilantro/coriander (or sliced spring onions) and serve.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
259kcal
(13%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
26g
(52%)
Fat
11g
(17%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
119mg
(40%)
Sodium
1602mg
(67%)
Potassium
355mg
(10%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
30IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
22mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 259
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 259kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 26g | 52% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 119mg | 40% |
| Sodium | 1602mg | 67% |
| Potassium | 355mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 30IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 22mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.