Sweet Chili Chicken

Incredibly delicious chicken cooked with bell peppers in a sweet spicy sauce.

Sweet Chili Chicken is a very popular Indo-Chinese dish, its is a combination of Asian and Indian flavors combined together to form this incredibly delicious dish. For this recipe, I used a sweet chili paste to give it a sweet and spicy taste. I added cubed red bell peppers, cubed green bell pepper, cubed red onions, cilantro, sesame seeds and a squeeze of lime and it was just the perfect combination.

You can simply enjoy these Sweet Chili Chicken as a snack or as a meal, maybe have it with naan or pita bread and call it lunch. For this particular recipe I used a Sweet Chili sauce along with Chili garlic sauce to give it more kick. However, you can always adjust the spiciness to your liking, so start of by adding lesser of the garlic chili sauce until it is to your liking.

Tip 1 : Let chicken marinate and sit in room temp for at least half hour before frying (optional).

Tip 2: Lightly salt your chicken since the sauces contain salt, you do not want it too be salty.

Here's How to make it:

RECIPE:

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Cut chicken pieces into bit pieces, transfer into a mixing bowl and add in salt, black pepper, chili powder and 2 tbsp of corn starch and combine well.

2. Fry chicken in a deep frying pan, make sure not to overcrowd them. Once golden brown and fully cooked, transfer to a plate and set aside.

3. In a separate pan, heat 2 tbsp of oil (your choice). Add in dried red chili, onions until transparent. Add in bell peppers, and cook until tender. Add in your fried chicken pieces.

4. Now add in, sweet chili sauce, garlic chili paste, soy sauce, chili powder, half of lime juice and combine everything well until well Incorporated and let cook for about 2-3 minutes of medium heat. Add in your sesame seed, and cilantro for garnish . Taste for seasoning, add salt if needed.

5. Enjoy!

RECIPE:

This recipe serves about 4 people

INGREDIENTS:
2 tbsp canola oil
2 dried red chili peppers (optional)
1 1/2 lb of boneless skinless chicken breast or thigh
1 red bell pepper
2 green bell pepper
1 medium red onion
1 tbsp sesame seed (preferably roasted)
Sauce
salt to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper or desired amount
about 3/4 cup of sweet chili sauce
2 tbsp garlic chili paste (your preference)
2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
1 tsp ground chili powder 
1/2 juiced lime
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
Seasoning for chicken:
salt to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tsp ground chili powder
2 tbsp corn starch 
1 egg