Name: Caramel Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 chicken breasts; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 8 cloves garlic; ⅓ cup light brown sugar; ¼ cup rice vinegar; ½ cup water; 2 ginger; 1 cup low sodium chicken broth; ¼ cup reduced sodium soy sauce; 2 Scallions

How To Make Caramel Chicken

Caramel chicken has lovely Asian-inspired flavors. Garlic and ginger give the brown sugar sauce of this dish a fresh zing.

Preparation: 5 minutes

Cooking: 25 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

4chicken breasts,boneless skinless
2tbspvegetable oil
8clovesgarlic,peeled
⅓cuplight brown sugar,packed
¼cuprice vinegar
½cupwater
2ginger,peeled, ¼-inch thick slices
1cuplow sodium chicken broth
¼cupreduced sodium soy sauce
2scallions,thinly sliced for garnish

Instructions

In a large skillet heat oil over medium high heat. Season chicken with salt and cook until golden brown on each side until crisp and cooked through. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
Add garlic cloves to skillet and cook for 2 minutes until golden brown. Transfer to the plate of chicken.
Return pot to medium high heat and carefully pour water, scraping down the browned bits. Whisk in the brown sugar until dissolved.
Cook for 4 minutes until mixture turns a deep amber color. Carefully add vinegar and stir to dissolve.
Add ginger, garlic, broth and soy sauce. Bring cooking liquid to a boil and whisk occasionally. This takes about 10 minutes.
Once glaze is ready, turn heat to medium low and return chicken to pan until heated through.
Serve over rice and garnish with scallions or green onions if desired.