Caramelized Black Pepper Chicken

Caramelized Black Pepper Chicken

from foodandwine.com
Entree
35 min
4 servings
1345 kcal / serving

At the Slanted Door in San Francisco, chef Charles Phan prepares spectacular Vietnamese specialties like this intensely sweet and savory caramelized black pepper chicken.

Ingredients

  • ½ cupdark brown sugar
  • about 1/4 cup nam pla (fish sauce)
  • ¼ cupwater
  • 3 tablespoonsrice vinegar
  • 1 teaspoonminced garlic
  • 1 teaspoonfinely grated fresh ginger
  • 1 teaspooncoarsely ground pepper
  • 2fresh thai chiles, halved, or dried red chiles
  • 1 tablespooncanola oil
  • 1shallot, thinly sliced
  • 1 poundskinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 4cilantro sprigs

Directions

  1. 1

    In a small bowl, combine the sugar, fish sauce, water, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger, pepper and chiles.

  2. 2

    Heat the oil in a large deep skillet. Add the shallot and cook over moderate heat until softened, about 4 minutes. Add the fish sauce mixture and the chicken and simmer over high heat until the chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a serving bowl, garnish with the cilantro and serve.