Jalapeño Chicken

5 from 1 vote

Delicious Jalapeño Chicken will become an instant favorite with the very first bite. Tender chicken pieces are cooked with jalapeños and then coated in a boldly-flavored sticky, sweet and spicy sauce. Serve over rice for an easy meal you'll be craving on repeat!

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Dinner, lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: Asian, Asian American

Keyword: asian chicken, jalapeño, jalapeño chicken, spicy chicken

Servings: people

Author: Alyssa Rivers

Ingredients

Chicken

1 ½ pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, about 2 breasts
½ cup cornstarch
¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
¼ cup vegetable oil
½ cup diced yellow onion ¼ medium onion
2 jalapeños sliced into thin rounds
2 teaspoons minced garlic, 2 cloves

Sauce

½ cup chicken broth
½ cup soy sauce
¼ cup Shaoxing wine, or sherry wine
¼ cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 jalapeno, de-seeded and minced
2 teaspoons cornstarch
cooked rice for serving

Instructions

Mix the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside. In a separate large bowl, whisk together ½ cup cornstarch, ¼ cup all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon black pepper.
Dice 1 ½ pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, into 1-inch cubes. Toss the cubed chicken into the cornstarch and flour mixture until coated. Heat the ¼ cup vegetable oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat.
Carefully place the breaded chicken in the skillet. Cook the chicken, stirring continuously, until seared evenly, about 5 minutes.
Add ½ cup diced yellow onion and 2 jalapeños sliced into thin rounds, and continue to saute everything together until tender and the chicken is browned. Add in 2 teaspoons minced garlic, and saute for another minute.
Whisk ½ cup chicken broth, ½ cup soy sauce, ¼ cup Shaoxing wine, ¼ cup brown sugar, 1 teaspoon ground ginger, 1 jalapeno, and 2 teaspoons cornstarch. Pour the sauce mixture over the chicken and vegetables, reduce the heat to medium-low, and cook until the sauce thickens and coats everything evenly.
Remove the chicken from heat and make cooked rice for serving.

Video

Notes

This is a spicy recipe, to reduce some of the heat you can remove the seeds from the jalapeños before using them.

Nutrition

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