Description
A flavorful Slow Cooker Salt & Pepper Sticky Chicken recipe featuring tender chicken breast chunks cooked in a savory soy and tomato ketchup sauce, accented with ginger, Chinese five spice, and black peppercorns. Finished with crunchy red peppers and spring onions, this easy slow cooker dish pairs perfectly with rice or noodles for a comforting meal.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 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
- 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 all ingredients except red pepper, spring onions, and cornflour into the slow cooker. Stir well to combine, cover with lid.
- Slow Cook: Cook on HIGH for 3 hours or LOW for 5 hours until chicken is tender and flavors meld.
- Make Slurry: In a small bowl, mix the cornflour with enough liquid from the slow cooker to create a smooth slurry. Stir slurry back into the slow cooker.
- Add Vegetables and Finish Cooking: Add diced red peppers and spring onions to the slow cooker. Season with sea salt to taste. Cook on HIGH for an additional 30 minutes to keep vegetables slightly crunchy.
- Serve: Serve the sticky chicken hot with rice and garnish with sliced red chillies if desired.
Notes
- Pepper: Try substituting black peppercorns with Sichuan peppercorns to get a more authentic peppery kick.
- To serve: Enjoy with egg noodles, rice noodles, plain rice, egg fried rice, chilli sauce, or prawn crackers for variety.
- Peppers: Adding peppers at the end keeps them crunchy; add earlier if you prefer softer peppers.
- Salt: Adjust sea salt according to the saltiness of your soy sauce and taste preference; add gradually for perfect seasoning.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 900 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 45 g
- Cholesterol: 90 mg
