Thai Sweet Chili Chicken

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs, trimmed and cut in small strips
• 1 medium onion, cut in strips
• 1/4 cup fresh gingerroot, cut in very thin strips
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup thai sweet chili sauce
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes
• vegetable oil
• kosher salt
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 fry the 1/2 of the onions, 1/2 of the ginger, and all the garlic in a very hot pan/pot with vegetable oil. (add ingredients to the pan in the above mentioned order so that you don't burn the garlic).
• 2 after browning the edges of the onions (about 2-3 mins), add chicken. fry for five more minutes.
• 3 add sweet chili sauce, fish sauce, red pepper flakes. (you can add salt/pepper here too if you are familiar with this dish, otherwise wait so that you don't oversalt.).
• 4 reduce heat to med-low and allow the chicken to simmer without the lid for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. the liquid should reduce by at least half.
• 5 salt/pepper to taste. (the chicken should be fully cooked at this point, so you can taste the sauce.).
• 6 add the rest of the onions and ginger, then cook for 3-5 more minutes.
• 7 enjoy with jasmine rice.