Asian Caramelized Chicken Food

CARAMEL CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the brown sugar and cook, stirring constantly, until it begins to melt, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and cook, continuing to stir, for another 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the vinegar, fish sauce and soy sauce. Bring to a low simmer and let cook for about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Use a paper towel to thoroughly pat dry the chicken. Sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper.
• Heat a large ovenproof skillet over high heat until very hot. Add the oil. Place the chicken in the skillet skin-side down and let brown without moving it for about 4 minutes. Remove the chicken to a plate and raise the heat to medium-high. Add the brown sugar mixture and use a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits. Return the chicken to the skillet skin-side up. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake, basting the chicken with the sauce midway through cooking, until cooked through, about 20 minutes. For extra-crispy skin, transfer the skillet to the broiler for about 2 minutes. Serve over white rice with sauce.

CARAMEL CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large skillet heat oil over medium high heat. Season chicken with salt and cook until golden brown on each side until crisp and cooked through. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
• Add garlic cloves to skillet until golden brown about 2 minutes. Transfer to the plate of chicken.
• Return pot to medium high heat and carefully pour 1/2 cup of water scraping down the browned bits. Whisk in the brown sugar until dissolved. Then cook until mixture turns a deep amber color. About 4 minutes. Carefully add vinegar and stir to dissolve.
• Add garlic, broth and soy sauce. Bring cooking liquid to a boil and whisk occasionally. This takes about 10 minutes. Be patient. The sauce will thicken and glaze the chicken beautifully.
• Once glaze is ready, turn heat to medium low and return chicken to pan until heated through. Serve over rice and garnish with scallions or green onions if desired.

ASIAN CARAMEL CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• Mix brown sugar, water, fish sauce, green onion, jalapeno pepper, soy sauce, and garlic together in a bowl.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over high heat. Add chicken and brown on all sides, about 3 minutes per side.
• Pour 1/3 brown sugar mixture into the skillet. Cook on high heat until thickened and caramelized but not blackened, about 5 minutes. Add remaining mixture; simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 5 to 7 minutes more. Remove from heat, cover, and let sit to thicken further, about 5 minutes.

ASIAN CARAMELIZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat butter and oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.
• Open chicken thighs to lie flat in the pan and brown on both sides, in batches if necessary. Set chicken aside.
• Remove all but 1 Tbsp of fat from the pan, then add remaining ingredients except peanuts and cilantro.
• Stir and simmer until the sauce becomes thickened and syrupy, about 15 minutes. Taste carefully (it's very hot!) and add more garlic and vinegar if necessary to your taste.
• Return the chicken to the pan, coat with syrup and cook until chicken is cooked through. If the glaze becomes too thick add a small amount of water and stir. Remove star anise if using.
• Garnish with chopped peanuts and cilantro if you like and serve.

CARAMEL CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees. Combine sugar and water in a high sided sauce pot. Bring to boil and simmer until the sugar turns a dark caramel color, but not burnt. Do not stir the sugar while cooking or it may crystallize. Add the chicken broth (the broth will boil quickly and spatter because of the hot sugar so be careful. This is the reason for the high sided pan). Stir in the broth and continue stirring over low heat until the sugar dissolves, then add the fish sauce and soy sauce. Set aside.
• Season the chicken pieces with the salt. Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet and brown the chicken pieces on all sides. In the same pan, (using the extra vegetable oil if needed) sauté the ginger, garlic, onion and jalapeno over medium heat for a couple minutes until soft and fragrant. Add the browned chicken pieces and the caramel sauce, turning the chicken in the caramel broth to coat all sides. Arrange the chicken in the pan so it is all submerged in the sauce as much as possible and bring the pot to a boil. Cover the pot, put in the oven and braise until done, about 35-45 minutes.
• While chicken is cooking, combine the green onion and the other herbs and set aside.
• Serve the chicken over your favorite rice, with the herbs sprinkled on top. I like jasmine rice.

TENDER ASIAN CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• In a skillet, brown chicken over medium heat in oil for 18-20 minutes or until juices run clear.
• Combine the next nine ingredients (from warm water to five-spice powder).
• Stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Pour over the chicken and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered, for 30-35 minutes or until chicken is tender, turning occasionally.
• Combine cornstarch and cold water until smooth and gradually stir into skillet.
• Bring to a boil, cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Serve with rice if desired.
• Garnish with green onions.

CARAMELIZED ONION CHICKEN

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper.
• Spray the onions and a large frying pan with kitchen spray.
• Saute the onions for 2 minutes, then add chicken to the pan.
• Continue cooking an additional 8 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.
• Remove both onions and chicken from the pan.
• Add the jam and remaining ingredients to the pan, and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Return chicken and onions to the pan and continue cooking for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally.