Tamarind chicken
A delicious, quick and easy chicken recipe perfect for a quick weeknight dinner or as a tasty addition to your weekend meal prep.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 5 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 lbs boneless (skinless chicken thighs- cut into 1-2 inch pieces)
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/3 cup tamarind juice (or use 2 teaspoon tamarind paste + water)
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch (dissolved in 1/4 cup of water)
Instructions
- 1
Heat up a large skillet over medium high heat. then pour in the olive oil.
- 2
Add the chicken pieces and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- 3
In a bowl combine garlic, soy sauce, brown sugar, tamarind, vinegar and ketchup , mix everything well together.
- 4
When all the water has evaporated from the chicken and it is nice and a little brown , pour the sauce into the pan. Stir it around to cover all the chicken pieces.
- 5
When it boils, reduce the heat, and add the cornstarch dissolved in water, cover and let it cook for almost 20 minutes until done. Taste to adjust seasoning.
- 6
Garnish with some sesame seeds and serve hot with rice/pasta or noodles