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Sweet Fire Chicken-Panda Copycat

Sweet Fire Chicken

A perfectly delicious Asian chicken copycat recipe.

Course Dinner
Cuisine Asian
Keyword Copycat Recipes, Crispy Chicken With Pineapple, Easy Dinner Ideas, Sweet and Spicy Chicken
Servings 4
Author Sweeter With Sugar

Ingredients

  • 1 pound chicken breast cut into one inch pieces
  • 1/3 cup cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 2 large eggs beaten
  • 1/2 tsp ginger ground
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 large red bell pepper cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 small white onion cut into wedges
  • 20 ounce can pineapple chunks drained
  • 1/2 cup sweet chili sauce Mae Ploy
  • 2 tsp chili paste
  • green onions sliced for garnish
  • sesame seeds for garnish
  • oil for frying
  • Rice prepared

Instructions

  1. Prepare three bowls: one with cornstarch, one with beaten eggs and one with flour, ground ginger, salt and pepper. Set aside.

  2. Cut the chicken into one inch pieces.

  3. Dip chicken pieces into cornstarch, then beaten eggs and then into the flour and spices mixture.

  4. Heat oil in a frying pan and when hot, cook some pieces of chicken in the hot oil. Browning on each side and cooking through. Repeat until chicken is all cooked. Place chicken into a heated oven-300 degrees, to keep warm.

  5. Add extra oil to the frying pan, as needed and cook the red bell pepper, onion, garlic and pineapple chunks in hot oil for 2-3 minutes, until red peppers and onion wilt.

  6. Add the sweet chili sauce and chili paste to the pineapple mixture and heat through.

  7. When ready to serve, add chicken to the pineapple mixture. Serve immediately with rice.

  8. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds, as desired. Enjoy!

  9. NOTE: the longer the chicken sits in the sauce, the less crispy it will become. So, eat immediately.