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5 Secrets to Authentic Thai Cooking
Tips, tricks, and recipes for perfect Thai dishes
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5 Secrets to Authentic Thai Cooking
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.
How to Make Sweet Chili Chicken?
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.
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I made this tonight and I absolutely loved it! I have to agree with others that the batter recipe is spot on…just like take-out!
Thanks Doris, I am so glad that you liked my Thai sweet chili chicken recipe.
Oh my god amazing the kids loved it and made a vegetarian version with cauliflower for my partner
Hey Sarah, that’s awesome. So happy that you love my recipe!
Made this tonight. Anyone who is concerned about gluten can easily substitute sweet rice flour for the regular flour with excellent results. This was delicious and completely addicting. I love your recipes. Thanks for sharing so much goodness!
so much goodness!
Hi Paula, thanks for trying my recipes. I am glad that you love them.
Hi Dino, that sounds strange. This Thai sweet chili chicken recipe is very good. The batter works for all my recipes and produces crispy chicken like my photos.
When you say ‘a cup’ how many ml/pints is that? I did not get the proportions right on my first attempt. thanks
Cup as in US measuring cup.
I am not an adventurous cooker, very much meat and potatoes, but this sauce issoooo good, and I was lucky to find it in my grocery store. Love it.
Hi Donna, awesome, I am so glad you liked my sweet chili chicken recipe.
Hi Bee. Do you know if I can to freze it?
Thank you
Yes you can.
I made this yesterday for lunch, it was DA BOMB!! so delicious!! I am definitely going to make this often. thank you!
Hi Anes, thanks for trying my recipe, I am so glad you liked the Thai Sweet Chili Chicken.
Hi. Can you serve it with jasmine rice?
Yes, of course.
Instead of regular flour could I use coconut flour?
I am not familiar with coconut flour so I am not sure.
I have a really silly question! When you put the chicken pieces into the batter, should the chicken already be fully cooked? Or, does it cook while it’s frying?
The chicken is raw, you cook the chicken while frying.