Mongolian Chicken recipe
Mongolian chicken is a Chinese- American dish of chicken breast prepared with ginger, garlic, olive oil and brown sugar.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 1097kcal
Ingredients
- 5 - 6 chicken breasts
- ⅓ - ½ c olive oil
- 1 tablespoon seasoned salt
- 1 tbsp garlic salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- For the sauce:
- 2 tsps olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 c lite of soy sauce
- ½ c dark brown sugar- packed
- ½ c light brown sugar- packed
- ½ - 1 c water
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch or flour
Instructions
- In a large skillet, add the olive oil and heat.
- Season the chicken breasts with seasoned salt, garlic salt, and black pepper.
- Place the chicken in a skillet and brown on each side.
- Remove the chicken from the pan, cut it into strips and sit it to the side. Repeat until all chicken is cooked.
- Whisk the ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, olive oil and water in a bowl then add it to the skillet.
- Heat the sauce and whisk in the cornstarch.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Lastly, return the chicken to the pan and simmer for 5 additional minutes.
- Remove from heat and serve with your preferred rice.
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Nutrition
Serving: 4g | Calories: 1097kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 86g | Fat: 56g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 38g | Cholesterol: 219mg | Sodium: 6936mg | Potassium: 873mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 54g | Vitamin A: 55IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 103mg | Iron: 5mg