Sweet and Spicy Chicken with Rice

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by Nancy

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This sweet and spicy chicken with rice is easy to make and is full of flavor.

Sweet and Spicy Chicken on plate

Boneless skinless chicken breasts come in so handy for quick and easy meals like this one.

In this recipe, chicken is sautéed with dried red pepper flakes and ground pepper to give it some heat.

And since spicy tastes so good with sweet, next…honey, barbecue sauce (one that is on the sweeter side) and soy sauce is added to the mix.

Then to finish off the chicken, coconut milk is added.

The coconut milk ties all of the flavors together and gives the sauce a nice consistency.

About Serving

Once the sauce reduces just a little, this sweet and spicy chicken is ready to serve over rice.

In this recipe, Basmati rice is cooked with diced jalapenos and red onion.

Feel free to change up the type of rice to one that you like.

Let’s check out the ingredients.

Chicken – olive oil, boneless skinless chicken breast, dried red pepper flakes, ground black pepper, honey, prepared barbecue sauce (one that is on the sweet side), soy sauce and coconut milk

Garnish – sesame seeds (toasted, black or raw)

Rice – Basmati rice, jalapeno, red onion and water

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE

A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.

For the Rice:

To a rice cooker pan, add rice, diced jalapeno (seeds removed)…

…diced red onion…

…and water.

Cover with a lid and set the rice cooker on the “cook” setting.

When the rice is done cooking, stir so that the jalapeno and onion are evenly distributed in the rice.

For the Chicken (make while the rice is cooking):

Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces.

Heat a skillet on medium heat and add olive oil.

To the skillet add the chicken and stir.

Next add red pepper flakes and…

…pepper. Stir.

Let the chicken cook for 5 minutes stirring occasionally.

To the pan, add honey…

…soy sauce…

…barbecue sauce…

…and stir.

Continue to cook and stir occasionally until the chicken is cooked through (about another 2 – 4 minutes depending on the size of the pieces of chicken).

If the sauce starts to bubble, turn down the heat a little.

To the pan,

…stir in coconut milk.

Serve warm over rice.

For Serving:

To serving dishes, add warm cooked rice…

…and top with the warm chicken and sauce.

Garnish with sesame seeds,

…and chopped green onions.

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