How To Make Crispy Hawaiian Garlic Chicken
Crispy, fried chicken thighs mixed in garlicky soy sauce with jalapeno peppers and ginger makes this garlic chicken dish a spicy version of a popular dish.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1½lbchicken thighsboneless and skinless
- 1jalapenosliced, optional
- ½tspsalt
- ½cupflour
- ¼cupcornstarch
- ¼tspground black peppercoarse
- oil
- ¼cupsoy sauce
- ¼cupsugar
- 3tbspwater
- ½tspground ginger
- 2tbspgarlicminced
Instructions
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Cut the chicken into 1-inch pieces and season with salt and pepper.
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Slice the jalapeno into ¼ thick slices.
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Heat oil on high heat, to 350 degrees F.
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In a bowl, mix the salt, flour, cornstarch, and coat the chicken in the mixture.
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Add about ¼ of the chicken to the oil at a time, frying in batches.
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Once the chicken is fried, add the jalapeños to the oil and fry for 30 seconds.
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While the chicken is frying add the rest of the ingredients to a saucepan and bring it to a boil while whisking simultaneously.
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Turn off the heat as the mixture boils.
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Once all the chicken is fried, toss it with the sauce mixture.
Nutrition
- Calories: 278.83kcal
- Fat: 15.92g
- Saturated Fat: 3.99g
- Trans Fat: 0.08g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 6.96g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.48g
- Carbohydrates: 17.41g
- Fiber: 0.44g
- Sugar: 6.39g
- Protein: 15.68g
- Cholesterol: 83.35mg
- Sodium: 507.87mg
- Calcium: 14.57mg
- Potassium: 232.07mg
- Iron: 0.88mg
- Vitamin A: 20.53µg
- Vitamin C: 2.74mg
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