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Mongolian Crispy Chicken and Broccoli

Estee
Crispy chicken bites in a delicious flavourful Mongolian-style sauce, served with Broccoli! (best dinner!!!!)
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Course chicken, dinner, Main Dish
Cuisine Asian

Equipment

  • 2 frying pans/ wok

Ingredients
  

Crispy Chicken

  • 3-4 chicken breasts, sliced into thin short strips
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper

Mongolian Sauce

  • 3 Tbs molasses
  • 3 Tbs water
  • 2 Tbs soy sauce
  • 2 Tbs rice vinegar
  • 2 Tbs mirin(Japanese cooking wine)
  • 1 1/2 Tbs brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Chinese Five Spice Powder

Finish

  • 2 tsp sesame or regular cooking oil
  • 4-5 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 4 dried hot chilies, if desired
  • 2 cups defrosted broccoli(one head broccoli) cut into bite-sized florets, or steamed broccoli

Instructions
 

Crispy Chicken

  • To a medium sized bowl, add the thinly sliced chicken pieces and season with salt and pepper. Add the cornstarch and toss to combine. Heat oil in a frying pan and lightly fry the chicken in batches until golden, crispy, and cooked through. Transfer to a paper towel. While the chicken is cooking, mix the sauce together.

Mongolian Sauce

  • Add all sauce ingredients(molasses, water, soy sauce, rice vinegar, mirin, brown sugar, and 5- spice powder) to a bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside.

Finish

  • Heat 2 teaspoons sesame oil(this is what i use for added flavor) or regular cooking oil in a wok or large frying pan. Add the minced garlic and cook until fragrant and just turning golden. Add the ginger and cook for another minute. Add the spicy chilies if using(for extra heat crush them with you fingers before adding) and Mongolian sauce, whisking to get the sugar on the bottom of the bowl before adding it.
  • Let the sauce cook to dissolve the sugar- just until you start to see bubbles, 1-2 minutes. It will thicken just slightly. We want the dish saucy so dont reduce it any more!
    Add the crispy chicken and toss to combine.
  • At this point you can serve the chicken over rice, arrange the broccoli florets around the dish and spoon sauce from the pan over them(this keeps them a bit greener and makes for a bit prettier presentation), or you can simply add the broccoli to the sauce with the chicken and toss to combine.
    To serve, sprinkle lightly with toasted/regular sesame seeds! Enjoy!