Panda Express Sweet Fire Chicken Copycat Recipe: On the Table in Less Than 30 Minutes Chicken Recipes Dinner
If you're looking for a Panda Express copycat recipe of their sweet fire chicken, you can stop Googling. This easy sweet and spicy Asian chicken recipe takes about 25 minutes to throw together.
Serve this easy chicken stir fry recipe with rice for a quick weeknight dinner, with no drive-thru required.
Cuisine: Asian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
- flour or cornstarch
- 2 eggs, beaten
- oil, for frying
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups pineapple chunks
- 3 - 4 green onions, sliced
- 1 cup sweet Thai chili sauce (on the Asian food aisle)
- Sriracha (optional)
- rice
Here's how to make it:
- Dredge the chicken chunks in the flour or cornstarch, then into the beaten eggs, then back into the flour or cornstarch. Cook in hot oil until golden and crispy. Drain chicken on paper towels and set aside. Pour out excess oil in pan.
- To the same pan, add the red bell pepper, pineapple chunks and green onion. Cook, stirring, about 3 minutes. Add the chicken back to the pan along with the sweet Thai chili sauce and optional squirt or two (or three!) of Sriracha. Heat through. Serve over rice.
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