Chinese-Style Sticky Chicken with Jasmine Rice & Peanuts
Ready in 30 minutes
• Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in Bargain Box (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, August 28, 2022.
This dish most recently appeared in Bargain Box (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, August 28, 2022.
Chinese-inspired sticky chicken is the perfect way to feed a crowd. It combines mouth-watering flavours with tender chunks of well-seasoned chicken and rice for balance. A truly finger lickin’ recipe!
Ingredients
Sauce
- 1 Tbsp water
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 100g mild sweet chilli sauce
- 1 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp ginger, finely grated
Chicken
- 1 drizzle of oil
- 3 Tbsp cornflour
- 600g free range chicken breasts, diced 3cm
Rice
- 300g jasmine rice
- 2 1/4 cup boiling water
Veggies
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 pack baby white stem bok choy, sliced
- 1 drizzle of oil
- 1 broccoli, cut into small florets
- 1 carrot, cut in half lengthways & thinly sliced
To Serve
- 1 pack chopped peanuts
Steps
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Preheat oven to 220°C (or 200°C fan bake). Bring a full kettle to the boil.
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Combine rice, boiling water measure and a pinch of salt in a medium pot and bring to the boil. Once boiling, stir and cover with a lid and reduce to lowest heat to cook for 12 minutes. Turn off heat and steam, covered, for 5 more minutes. Fluff up rice with a fork.
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Slice carrot and cut broccoli into small florets and toss on a lined oven tray with oil. Season with salt and pepper and roast for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, slice bok choy. After broccoli has had 10 minutes cook time, add bok choy and sesame oil to tray and cook for a further 5-7 minutes, until tender.
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Pat chicken dry and dice 3cm. Toss in a medium bowl with cornflour and season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large frypan on medium-high heat. Cook chicken for 6-8 minutes (depending on thickness), or until cooked through and golden. Turn often to ensure even cooking. Set aside in a medium bowl and reserve pan.
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Grate ginger and combine in a small bowl with soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce, honey, sesame oil and water measure. Return pan to low-medium heat and cook sauce for about 2 minutes, until slightly reduced. Return chicken and any resting juices to pan and toss to coat.
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Rice with chicken, veggies, sauce and peanuts.
Nutritional Information
| Energy |
2762 kj 660 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 45.3g |
| Carbohydrate | 83.7g |
| Fat | 14.1g |