Firecracker Chicken

By Christie

Amazing restaurant quality chicken that has just the right amount of sweet and the right amount of spice!

Ingredients

• Sauce:
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• Salt
• pepper
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1/3 cup buffalo sauce (if you like more heat use hot sauce, like Frank’s brand)
• 1 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Details

Adapted from therecipecritic.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper.
In separate bowls, place cornstarch and slightly beaten eggs. Dip chicken into cornstarch then coat in egg mixture. I have also found that you can put the cornstarch in a gallon sized bag and shake the chicken to coat.
Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook chicken until browned. Place the chicken in a 9 x 13 greased baking dish.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, buffalo sauce, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, water, salt and red pepper flakes. Pour over chicken and bake for 1 hour.
I stirred the chicken every 15 minutes so that it coated them in the sauce.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Mel’s Kitchen