Skillet Sweet Garlic Chicken
By
iris mccall
@irislynn
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Inspired by Amanda W. I just didn't have the option of a slow cooker meal. A few tweaks turn this into a delicious dinner in about an hour and my family loved it.
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Serves:
4 hopefully
Prep:
20 Min
Cook:
25 Min
Method:
Stove Top
Ingredients
- 4 large
- chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
- 3 small
- chicken thighs, skinless and boneless
- 2 tsp
- garlic minced
- 2 Tbsp
- onion powder
- 2 Tbsp
- garlic powder
- 1 tsp
- crushed red pepper flakes
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 c
- brown sugar, firmly packed
- 3/4 c
- apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 c
- 7 up soda
- 2 Tbsp
- soy sauce, low sodium
- 2 tsp
- cornstarch
- 2 tsp
- water
- 1 bunch
- green onions
- sesame seeds
FOR THE SAUCE
How to Make Skillet Sweet Garlic Chicken
- 1Season breast and thighs with onion and garlic powder, salt and pepper set aside.
- 2In a mixing bowl combine the brown sugar, vinegar, soda, minced garlic. Stir until the brown sugar is dissolved.
- 3Heat a skillet with a quarter cup of olive oil and brown breast and thighs well. Remove and set aside in a warm oven.
- 4Pour sauce into the same skillet, leave the num nums and simmer until it coats the back of your spoon. Add cornstarch and water mixture.
- 5Once sauce is thickened return chicken pieces and simmer 10 minutes. Cut off the heat, let sit covered 10 more minutes.
- 6Plate chicken, pour the sauce over all and sprinkle with chopped onion, red pepper and sesame seeds. Serve hot.
