Sweet, Sticky, Spicy Chicken

I saw this recipe at the All Recipes website under "Better Eats 2012". This recipe was the main picture and after finally hunting down the actual recipe, I was just as eager to make it! Simple, quick, and sooooo delicious! My husband keeps asking me to make it over and over each night! It makes it hard to try new recipes with one as good as this!

1. This recipe suggested to use chicken breasts but instead I used milanesa and my husband raved about how juicy the chicken was. So im sticking to milanesa! Either way, cut the chicken into 1- 1½ in size peices. If you use a breast, cut it in half so its thinner, thats the key here. (With 3 milanesas it came out to the perfect ratio of chicken and sauce, recipe calls for 4 breasts.) If youre a good multitasker start step 6 now...

2. In a small bowl mix together 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of honey.

3. Measure out ¼ cup of soy sauce.

4. Chop up 2 teaspoons of ginger root, and 2 teaspoons of garlic (I only had jarred, so im sure with fresh it would have been spectacular!)

5. Mix the ginger, garlic and soy sauce in with the honey and brown sugar. The spicy part I didnt add because hubby was getting over a stomach bug, but all you need to add is 2 tablespoons of hot sauce. Add 1t, try it and see if you need more. Depending on who is eating it, you might now want it so hot, like for kids especially.

6.  Add 1 teaspoon of vegatable oil to a hot pan, heat, and brown the chicken. Just one minute per side and flip. (I did read in a comment for this chicken to dredge in flour before browning. I followed this advice, in the end it helps the sauce to stick to the chicken. Thats why this picture looks kinda gross, hehe).

7. Once the chicken has browned, add in the sauce and stir around, simmering, until it thickens. (It will thicken a little too while cooling).

8. Here it is! You can see the sauce thickened up once it was on a plate. There was just enough left over to drizzle over some white rice. I also added some green beans cooked with soy sauce and brown sugar, which accompanied it perfectly!

♥ A simple, quick, and so tasty recipe that easily be motified to whatever is in your pantry! ♥