Better Than Chang’s Sweet & Spicy Chicken

 

      

Sweet and Spicy Chicken

 

 

1 cup vegetable oil
2 chicken breast fillets

1/3 cup cornstarch

Toss chicken in cornstarch and sauté in hot oil until golden brown and cooked through.

 
Sauce

1 tablespoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons ginger minced

2 tablespoons chopped garlic (3 to 4 cloves)

3 tablespoons chopped green onions (about 3 onions)

1 cup orange juice

2 tablespoons chili sauce

2 tablespoons white distilled vinegar

2 tablespoons granulated sugar or honey

1 teaspoon soy sauce

Sweat ginger, garlic, and green onions in sesame until aroma. Add remaining ingredients and bring to simmer. Thicken with

2 tablespoons water mixed with 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch. Simmer until thickened and toss with chicken and serve over rice.

 

 

 

 

Chicken Scallopine

 

 

 

 
 

CHICKEN SCALLOPINE

1 OZ OIL

3 CHICKEN MEDALLIONS

¼ CUP DICED BACON

1/8 CUP DICED TOMATOES

1 CUP MUSHROOMS

½ TSP SALT AND WHITE PEPPER

1/3 CUP LEMONBUTTER

HEAT OIL IN SKILLET. ADD BACON AND MUSHROOMS. SAUTE UNTIL MUSHROOMS ARE TENDER. ADD CHICKEN, TOMATOES, AND SAUTE SPICE. CONTINUE TO COOK UNTIL CHICKEN IS HEATED THROUGH. REMOVE CHICKEN FROM PAN AND SET ON PLATE. ADD LEMON BUTER AND CONTINUE TO COOK UNTIL SLIGHTLY THICKENED.

LEMON BUTTER

¼ CUP LEMON JUICE

¼ CUP WHITE WINE

¼ CUP SHALLOTS, DICED

½ CUP CREAM

¼ CUP CELERY, DICED

2 TBS GARLIC, MINCED

SALT AND PEPPER

½ # BUTTER

IN MEDIUM SAUCEPAN, PLACE ALL INGREDIENTS, EXCEPT BUTTER. COOK OVER MEDUIM HEAT UNTIL REDUCED BY HALF. STRAIN. RETURN TO PAN AND ADD BUTTER AND COOK UNTIL MELTED. CHILL UNTIL FIRM.

 

Pistachio Sage Chicken

Ingredients:

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Flour

Peanut oil

Salt & pepper

Pesto

Pistachios, toasted

Virgin olive oil

Sage, fresh chopped

Salt & pepper

Amount:

2 each

½ cup

3 TBSP

 

 

¼ cup

¼ cup

2 TBSP

Place toasted pistachios and sage in a food processor or blender. Puree together slowly adding olive oil. Add a dash of salt and pepper and set aside.

Season chicken breasts. Heat peanut oil in a saute pan until it is hot. Lightly coat chicken in flour and place in saute pan cooking until golden brown on one side. Flip chicken breasts and cook on low heat untill cooked through.

Remove chicken and drizzle with pesto, seve with your favorite side dish.