Sweet Chilli Chinese Sticky Chicken

This incredibly delicious Chinese-style chicken recipe for Sweet Chilli Chinese Sticky Chicken is sweet, spicy and absolutely fabulous.

The Sweet Chilli Chinese Sticky Chicken with it's shiny sauce with bits of garlic and ginger and a mound of rice on the plate beside it. - 3

This recipe is adapted from a recipe I saw in a cooking magazine. That recipe had a simple glaze made from just Chinese sweet Chilli sauce and honey.

I tried making it, but the sauce fell off the chicken and ruined the pan. It seemed like a good idea though, so I decided to create a recipe that built on the original, but with more flavor and stayed on the chicken. to resolve the issue of the sauce not sticking to the chicken, I decided a rub would be the best way to go.

With the rub, there was a lot more sauce on the chicken than in the pan, but I lined the pan with non-stick foil just to be safe. The rub not only kept the sauce on, but it also added another depth of flavor. The sauce is sticky, sweet, spicy and absolutely fantastic.

We have this dish a lot. As it used ingredients I keep on hand, it’s a quick and satisfying meal to throw together on busy weeknights (I recommend a chopper for the garlic and for grating the ginger, but to save on time, you can always chop them together in a mini food processor).

The chicken with it's sticky sauce on the plate with yellow rice and two forks. - 4

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Ingredients

▢ 8 chicken thighs (skin on)

For the rub:

▢ 2 tablespoons Chinese five spice (see post for the link to buy)
▢ 2 teaspoons garlic powder
▢ 2 teaspoons paprika

For the sauce:

▢ 5 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce (see post for link to buy)
▢ 1 tablespoon honey
▢ 1 tablespoon soy sauce
▢ 3 cloves garlic (chopped)
▢ 1 inch piece of fresh ginger (peeled and finely grated)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375F/190C
Line a baking pan with nonstick foil

For the rub:

In a small bowl mix together all of the spices.
Coat the chicken thighs evenly with the rub.
Place on baking pan and bake for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, to make the sauce mix together the sweet chilli sauce, honey, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger.
Remove the chicken from the oven and coat with the sauce. Bake for another 10-15 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked.

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