Description
A flavorful and easy Slow Cooker Salt & Pepper Sticky Chicken recipe featuring tender chicken breast chunks cooked in a savory sauce with ginger, soy, and Chinese five spice, finished with crunchy red peppers and spring onions. Perfect served over rice for a comforting dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
Chicken and Sauce
- 800 g Chicken breast, cut into chunks
- 1 tbsp Ginger puree
- 2 tbsp Tomato ketchup
- 6 tbsp Soy sauce
- 1 tsp Chinese five spice
- 1/2 tsp Chilli flakes
- 1/2 tsp Garlic granules
- 1 tsp Brown sugar
- 1 tsp Black peppercorns, crushed
Vegetables and Thickeners
- 2 Red peppers, diced
- 6 Spring onions, cut into long pieces
- 1 tbsp Cornflour
- Sea salt, to taste
To Serve
- Rice
- Sliced red chillies
Instructions
- Combine ingredients: Place chicken breast chunks, ginger puree, tomato ketchup, soy sauce, Chinese five spice, chilli flakes, garlic granules, brown sugar, and crushed black peppercorns into the slow cooker. Stir well to combine.
- Slow cook chicken: Cover with the lid and cook on HIGH for 3 hours or LOW for 5 hours until the chicken is tender and cooked through.
- Prepare slurry: In a small bowl, mix the cornflour with enough liquid from the slow cooker to create a smooth paste (slurry).
- Thicken sauce and add vegetables: Pour the slurry back into the slow cooker, add diced red peppers and spring onions, and season with sea salt to taste. Cook on HIGH for an additional 30 minutes to thicken the sauce and soften the vegetables slightly while maintaining some crunch.
- Serve: Serve the sticky chicken hot over cooked rice, garnished with sliced red chillies if desired.
Notes
- Pepper: Substitute Sichuan peppercorns for regular black peppercorns to achieve a more authentic salt and pepper flavor.
- To serve: This dish pairs well with egg noodles, rice noodles, rice, egg fried rice, chili sauce, or prawn crackers for variety.
- Peppers: Add peppers at the end of cooking to keep them crunchy; add earlier if you prefer softer peppers.
- Salt: Adjust sea salt based on soy sauce saltiness and personal taste, adding gradually.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 900 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 45 g
- Cholesterol: 90 mg
