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5 Secrets to Authentic Thai Cooking
Tips, tricks, and recipes for perfect Thai dishes
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Tips, tricks, and recipes for perfect Thai dishes
Sweet Chili Chicken Recipe
I developed this Thai sweet chili sauce chicken because I love crispy chicken with sticky sweet sauce.
My recipe is so easy, delicious and picky eater friendly.
I assure you that everyone will love this dish!
Sweet Chili Sauce
I love Thai recipes and I am addicted to Thai sweet chili sauce.
This sweet, sticky, slightly spicy, orange-color sauce goes well with just about anything:
You can also use it as a dipping sauce for appetizers, for examples: chicken wontons, chicken lettuce wraps, shrimp cake and salmon patties.
There are endless ways to use the sauce in a variety of Asian recipes.
Ingredients
- Chicken Thighs
- Thai Sweet Chili Sauce
- Lime
- Corn Starch
- White Sesame
- All-Purpose Flour
- Cilantro
- Egg White
- Baking Powder
How to Make Sweet Chili Chicken?
Step 1: Mix all the ingredients for the Batter until well combine. Add the chicken into the batter.
Step 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.
Step 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.
Step 4: Dish out, garnish with the white sesame and cilantro leave. Serve immediately.
This recipe calls for a few simple steps. First, cut the chicken into pieces.
Next, prepare the batter and coat the chicken pieces with the batter.
Finally, deep fry the crispy chicken and stir fry in the wok or skillet with some minced garlic, sweet chili sauce and lime juice.
To serve, garnish and top the chicken with sesame seeds, chopped cilantro and you have a winner chicken dinner!
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.
Sweet Chili Chicken
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 corn starch
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup water (ice cold)
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients for the Batter until well combine. Add the chicken into the batter.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dish out, garnish with the white sesame and cilantro leave. Serve immediately.
Hi Can I use any other sweet chili sauce? Would it make a difference to the flavour?
Thanks
You can use another brand of sweet chili sauce but the taste may not be entirely the same.
Will adding cold water to the frying batter make it splatter when frying?
No
Hi! Great recipe it was very good and easy to make. Are there any additional spices you could add to enhance flavour? Thanks
If you want it spicier, you can always add some cayenne pepper to the chicken.
Hello, great recipe! Is there any additional spices you could add to enhance the dish? Thanks
This is the best sweet chilli chicken recipe I’ve ever tried!
I have a question, though: can I keep the frying batter in the fridge overnight? I had a lot of it leftover (I made less chicken, and I do regret) and I was wondering if I could use it tomorrow with other sauce (i’m thinking maybe teriaki).
Cheers!
Yes you can. Thanks for trying my sweet chili chicken recipe. And yes you can try my chicken teriyaki recipe, too. :)
I just made some Fir our dinner it was delish
Glad that you tried my sweet chili chicken.
Hi Bee, thanks for this recipe. I like it and easy to make. I used the leftover frying batter to fry onion so had also onion ring for addition :).
Hi Imelda, thanks for trying my recipe, glad that you liked it and that’s a great idea for onion rings. :)
Excellent idea for using extra batter, I’m doing it next time, thank you.
Hi Bee,
Can I replace the all-purpose flour with plain flour?
Yes
Thanks for this great recipe! I made a variation of it to make it a tad healthier. I mentioned it on my blog today because I enjoyed it so much. Check it out if you get a minute. Thanks for the recipe inspiration!
wow, I’ve tried a bunch of your recipes (have the e-book) and now have to add this one to the rotation as well!! How simple it is blows my mind and really the batter is just awesome. I have loved this sauce and have used it as dips before but never thought to use it like this. AMAZING!! YUM!
Thank you thank you!!
Hi Anna, thanks so much for being a fan and thanks for buying the cookbook. You will be an amazing cook for Asian food in no time!!
LOVE this recipe! We live on a cattle ranch 30 miles away from the nearest Asian (ish) food, and when it’s not feasible to run to town to get takeout, I make this! My cowboy husband absolutely loves it. We’re having it AGAIN for dinner tonight :)
Hi Cassidy, thanks for the comment. I am so glad you like this recipe. You should try more recipes from my site, you just need to buy the sauces and you can make a bunch of Asian food at home! :)