Chicken in Sweet Chili Sauce – Gluten-free version
Chicken in sweet chili sauce - an easy, quick recipe for lovers of Asian food. The sweet-spicy sauce coats tender chicken strips Gluten-free version: Gluten-free soy sauce (tamari).
In a small bowl, mix the gluten-free soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, ginger and vinegar.
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To assemble
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Slice the chicken into strips 1 cm thick.
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Add the chili sauce to the sauce and stir.
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In a bowl, toss the chicken strips with the salt until evenly coated.
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Heat the oil in a large pan over high heat. Fry the chicken strips in batches 3–4 minutes, until golden.
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💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
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Add the sauce for the pan and bring to a boil.
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Mix the cornstarch and water, add to the sauce and cook 1 minute more, until the sauce thickens and coats the chicken.
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💡Mix the starch with cold water before it goes into the hot sauce: dry starch clumps instantly.
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Serve immediately over white rice and sprinkle.
269calories
29 gprotein
5 gcarbs
14 gfat
● protein 45%● carbs 7%● fat 48%
Per serving (176 g), of 4 servings
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⚖ About the ingredients
Soy sauce: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 18 g · 53 kcal per 100 g · More about Soy sauce →
Sesame oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 884 kcal per 100 g · More about Sesame oil →
Garlic: measured in pieces: one ≈ 5 g · 149 kcal per 100 g · More about Garlic →
Fresh ginger: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 5 g · 80 kcal per 100 g · More about Fresh ginger →
Rice vinegar: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 15 g · 21 kcal per 100 g · More about Rice vinegar →
Salt: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 6 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →
Chili sauce: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 15 g · 93 kcal per 100 g · More about Chili sauce →
Oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 886 kcal per 100 g · More about Oil →
Cornstarch: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 2.7 g · 381 kcal per 100 g · More about Cornstarch →
Water: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 15 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Water →
🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Frying pan· Also works: Wok (None)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
Cutting board· Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
Knife· Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
Bowl· Also works: Pot (None)
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