Page 8 - Chicken Recipes Book 1

Caramel Chicken

Ingredients

2 teaspoons peanut oil
800g chicken thigh fillets, trimmed, thinly sliced

1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/4 cup caster sugar
2 tablespoons fish sauce

1 tablespoon lime juice
Steamed jasmine rice, to serve

Method

Heat oil in a wok or frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook chicken, in batches, stirring,
until golden. Transfer to a bowl.
Add onion. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until softened.
Add garlic. Cook for 1 minute or until fragrant. Return chicken to pan.
Add soy sauce. Cook, covered, for 5 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
Add sugar. Cook, stirring, for 1 to 2 minutes or until mixture is bubbling.

Add fish sauce and juice.
Cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until sauce thickens.
Serve with pickled cucumber and rice.

Pickled cucumber
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons caster sugar
2 Lebanese cucumbers, cut into thin ribbons
1 green onion, thinly sliced

Make pickled cucumber
Place vinegar, sugar and 1/4 cup cold water in a saucepan over medium heat.

Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until sugar has dissolved.
Transfer to a heatproof bowl. Add cucumber. Stir to combine.
Set aside to cool completely. Stir in onion.

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