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Bang Bang Chicken

Crunchy chicken bites with a spicy sauce
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Marinating Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4
Calories 571 kcal

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for Soaking Chicken
  • 1 cup buttermilk (enough to cover cut-up chicken)
  • 1 ½ pounds chicken breast, skin off, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
Ingredients for Sauce
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 3 tablespoons sweet chili sauce (Maggi brand used in this recipe)
  • 2 teaspoons sriracha hot chili sauce (Huy Fong Foods used in this recipe)
Ingredients for Cooking Chicken
  • 1 cup cornstarch (add more cornstarch if necessary to thoroughly coat chicken)
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper, ground
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste
  • cooking oil with high smoke point (such as canola, vegetable, or peanut oil)
  • 1 scallion, sliced (green onion)

Instructions
 

Directions for Soaking Chicken
  • Soak chicken in buttermilk for 20 minutes.
Directions for Sauce
  • Mix the mayonnaise, sweet chili sauce, and sriracha hot chili sauce until well mixed. Set aside.
Directions for Cooking Chicken
  • Add cornstarch, red pepper, salt, and pepper to a wide, shallow bowl. Stir to mix.
  • Remove the chicken from the buttermilk and dredge it in the cornstarch mix. Shake off the excess mix.
  • Pour 1 to 2 inches of cooking oil in a pan. Heat to 350 degrees F. Drop in chicken and fry until golden brown, about a minute or 2 on each side or until chicken is 165 degrees inside.
  • When all of the chicken is cooked, drizzle the sauce over it. and toss to coat the chicken. Sprinkle with sliced scallions. Serve immediately.

Notes

Cooking Chicken

Do not crowd the chicken as it cooks in the oil, so you don’t reduce the temperature.  Fry more than one batch so each piece has room to cook.

Temperature for Oil

Keep the oil at a steady 350 degrees by using a thermometer.  If underheated, the chicken will not evenly brown.

Cornstarch Substitute

The cornstarch breading makes these chicken bites crunchy and helps them hold their crunch when the sauce is added.  However, you can substitute all-purpose flour for the cornstarch or half flour and half cornstarch mixture.

Nutrition

Calories: 571kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 39gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 13gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 127mgSodium: 622mgPotassium: 731mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 253IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 83mgIron: 1mg
Keyword bang bang chicken, Bang Bang Recipe, Gluten Free
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