The Best Thai Chicken
I love Thai recipes and I am addicted to sweet chili sauce…the sticky sweet, gooey, with a tint of heat orange-color sauce that goes so well on everything!
I love it so much that I serve almost all my appetizers with the sauce, for example: fried chicken wontons, lettuce wraps, shrimp cake, etc.
Other Recipes with Sweet Chili Sauce:
Sweet Chili Chicken
I developed this sweet chili chicken recipe because I love the idea of crispy chicken with the sauce.
My recipe is so easy. Take some chicken, cut into pieces, battered, deep-fried and then toss and stir fry in the wok or skillet with some garlic, sweet chili sauce and lime juice.
To serve, garnish and top with sesame seeds and chopped cilantro and you have a quick, easy, and delicious dish.
This recipe is picky eater friendly, as my son actually asked to try this dish. He ate so many pieces of the chicken without even realizing that he was eating spicy chilies!
How Many Calories Per Serving?
This recipe is only 282 calories per serving.
What Dishes to Serve with this Recipe?
This meal is best served with steamed rice. For a wholesome Thai meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
Pairs well with:
Add this sweet chili chicken to your daily menu if you love Asian food. It’s utterly delicious, appetizing, and so good. Try the recipe and I am very sure you will thank me!
Thai Sweet Chili Chicken Recipe
Thai Sweet Chili Chicken recipe with sticky, sweet and savory sweet chili sauce. This Thai chicken is so good you will want to lick the plate!
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 12 oz skinless boneless chicken breast/thigh, cut into small pieces
- oil, for deep-frying
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 tablespoons bottled Thai sweet chili sauce
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 teaspoon white sesame
- 1/2 tablespoon chopped cilantro leaves
Frying Batter:
- 1 egg white
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup water, ice cold
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 pinch salt
Directions
- 1
Mix all the ingredients for the Batter until well combine. Add the chicken into the batter.
- 2
Heat up a wok/skillet with about two inches of oil. As soon as the oil is fully heated, deep-fry the chicken until golden brown. Transfer the chicken out to a dish lined with paper towels to sock up the excess oil.
- 3
Clean the wok/skillet and heat it up on medium heat. Add the oil and stir-fry the garlic until aromatic. Transfer the fried chicken into the wok, follow by the sweet chili sauce, lime juice and salt. Stir to coat the chicken well with the sweet chili sauce.
- 4
Dish out, garnish with the white sesame and cilantro leave. Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
You can buy Thai sweet chili sauce from regular supermarket in the Asian food aisle, or any Asian food stores.
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Shania
So I wanted to try this because it looks delicious 🤤so I then made it for me and my family and we absolutely love it !!!!!! Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe ☺️😻
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks Shania for trying this sweet chili chicken recipe. Please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Laura
Thank you for your wonderful recipes! What brand sweet chili sauce is your favorite?
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Laura, I use Mae Ploy brand. :)
Carolyn McCartney
This is way better than at the restaurant where it often be dry and over cooked. This was perfect in every way, looking forward to cookbook with a collection of all your recipes. It’s hard to think of what to fix when my recipes are hiding in the index on the computer. Thanks for your great recipes. Blessings for a great new year
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Carolyn, thanks for trying my sweet chili chicken recipe. Please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Charlene
I don’t use the sauce recipe, since I buy Panda Express Sweet Chili Chicken Sauce, but when I mix it with the chicken cooked this easy, it’s FANTASTIC. I’ve tried other ways, but none compare to thus. My family will have it no other way. I need to print it before I lose this website.
Rasa Malaysia
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Hannah
OMG!!! It is soooooo good. I love eating this type of food and I thought that it was way harder to make. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe with the world!!!??
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Hannah, thanks so much for trying this sweet chili chicken.
agnes. hopa
Hi can I boil the chicken instead of deep frying it?
Rasa Malaysia
You can but don’t expect the same results.
Mai
I tried the other recipe on Google search and tasted horrible, nothing like that I had in Thai restaurant. So glad to have found your recipe, it’s so delish I’ll be making it over and over again. Thank you.
Julian
I am very confused, the video and the list of ingredients doesn’t suit together .. your using for example no sweet chilly sauce in your video therefore honey and ketchup what’s not on the list.
In your Text you are writing your kids are eating hot chilly without even noticing because it’s so tasty, but I can’t find and chilly in your recipe. Don’t get me wrong, it’s beautiful what you are doing, but I’m not sure which ingredients I should use.. Could you help me please ? :-)
Julian
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Julian, the video is honey sesame chicken not sweet chili chicken.