Hoisin Chicken
Jump to Recipe SaveSaved! Pin Recipe This Hoisin Chicken is everything you love about your favorite Chinese takeout dish - Juicy chicken, tender-crisp veg, and a glossy, flavor-packed sauce - but made fresh at home in under 30 minutes! We use hoisin sauce as the base for the stir-fry, adding layers of flavor with soy sauce (light and dark!), honey, vinegar, and Chinese cooking wine.A bit of white pepper brings gentle warmth, and a clever baking soda trick makes sure the chicken stays meltingly tender.This stir-fry is so colorful with red and green bell peppers, onions, garlic, and spring onions all sizzling together.
It is sure to become a go-to in your dinner rotation.It’s speedy, satisfying, and packed with flavor—what more could you want? Ingredient Notes These notes are here to help make this recipe a success; they cover some but not all ingredients.For a complete ingredient list, check out the recipe card below.
Chicken breast: Chicken breast is perfect for stir-fry recipes as it cooks quickly.Check out my top tip below for making it meltingly tender just like takeout! Baking soda: This is also known as bicarb of soda, bicarbonate of soda, and sodium bicarbonate.This is what will tenderize the chicken.
Don’t get it muddled with baking powder! Light soy sauce: This adds an extra salty flavor.You can just use more all-purpose if that is all you have. Dark soy sauce: This adds color and flavor to the dish.If you do
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