Jalapeno Chicken

Recipe from Cooking Con Claudia.

Ingredients:

Chicken:

• 2 lbs. chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
• 2 tsp. salt or to taste
• 1 tsp. black pepper
• 5 TBSP cornstarch

Sauce:

• 6 TBSP brown sugar
• 6 TBSP soy sauce
• 1 pickled jalapeno, diced
• 6 TBSP pickled jalapeno juice
• 1 TBSP cornstarch

Stir Fry:

• 1 onion, large slices
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1-3 jalapenos, sliced into rounds
• Hot steamed rice

Directions:

1. Chicken: In a large bowl, add the chicken, salt, pepper, and cornstarch and toss to coat. Set aside.
2. Sauce: In a small bowl, add the brown sugar, soy sauce, pickled jalapeno, pickled jalapeno juice and cornstarch, and mix to combine. Set aside.
3. Stir Fry: Heat a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Add vegetable oil or avocado oil and pan fry chicken in batches, for about 5 minutes or until gold on all sides. Remove chicken from pan and repeat to cook all chicken.
4. Once chicken is cooked and removed from pan, reduce heat to medium low and add jalapeno and onion and sauté for a couple of minutes. Then add the minced garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
5. Give the sauce a stir to incorporate the cornstarch once again, and add to the pan and simmer to thicken. Then add the chicken back to the pan and toss to coat.
6. Serve over hot steamed rice.