How to Cook Perfect Super Easy Thai Sweet Chili Sauce Chicken

Super Easy Thai Sweet Chili Sauce Chicken. This Thai Sweet Chili Chicken is a great weekday dish to immediately satisfy your Asian takeout craving. It is addictively good, super easy to make, and healthier than the restaurant version. This recipe shares a few secrets to create the best sweet chili chicken in less time, yields the best result, and makes it less calorie dense.

It's great on fried chicken too! THAI SWEET CHILI SAUCE These easy Thai baked chicken meatballs are the perfect flavor-packed dinner or appetizer. Plus they are glazed with a sweet chili sauce that brings in the ultimate sweet and spicy flavor! You can cook Super Easy Thai Sweet Chili Sauce Chicken using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Super Easy Thai Sweet Chili Sauce Chicken

Prepare 3.5 pounds of chicken drums and/or thighs, scored twice on each side about 1 inch apart.
You need 1/3 cup of Thai sweet chili sauce (I used Mae Ploy brand.).
It's 1/4 cup of chopped cilantro.
It's 2.5 Tablespoons of fish sauce.
It's 2 Tablespoons of honey.
You need 2 Tablespoons of sriracha or sambal.
Prepare 1 Tablespoon of minced or grated ginger (you can use a teaspoon of dried ginger if you don't have fresh).
It's 1 Tablespoon of minced or grated garlic.
You need 2 Tablespoons of minced shallot (1/4 cup of chopped green onion or 3 Tablespoons of minced onion will work in a pinch).
You need 2 Tablespoons of lime or lemon juice.

Super Easy Thai Sweet Chili Sauce Chicken Great recipe for Super Easy Thai Sweet Chili Sauce Chicken. You'll want to marinate this chicken for about an hour or two at least. If it works with your schedule, I find that marinating it and letting sit on the counter for the next hour before roasting results in a good level of seasoning. Sprinkle on the chopped peanuts and cilantro and enjoy with the remaining BBQ sauce!

Super Easy Thai Sweet Chili Sauce Chicken step by step

Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and massage gently and thoroughly to ensure even seasoning..
Let marinate for at least an hour, up to three hours, before roasting. If you're going to roast in an hour, best to leave the chicken out on the counter and allow it to come up to room temp before roasting. Halfway through the marinade time, redistribute the chicken to ensure even seasoning..
15 minutes before roasting, preheat the oven to 425F..
Set the chicken on a rack over a roasting pan (or on a broiler pan with slats), keeping the extra marinade to glaze the chicken in the last 15 minutes of roasting..
Roast the chicken on the center oven rack for 30-40 minutes depending on the size of the pieces, then spoon the leftover marinade in even portions over the chicken pieces and continue to roast for another 15 minutes to give it a chance to caramelize..
That's it! If you're looking for a veg side, you might like it with: https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/2004832-thai-inspired-green-apple-slaw or https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/1700287-quick-easy-srirachafied-cucumber-salad. (Just copy and paste the url.).

Thai sweet chili sauce is sticky, spicy, sweet and delicious on just about everything. And it's dead easy to whip up. Just make it when you need it. I see little jars of Thai sweet chili sauce on the shelves for ridiculous money. Why pay a bunch for something that you can make for pennies?