What an easy weeknight protein dish! Quickly sauté some onions, ginger, and garlic, deglaze with some white wine and set aside. Brown the chicken, then add everything back in with a lovely sauce based on Thai sweet chili sauce and voilà!
Though this was supposed to be chicken thighs, I could only find organic chicken breast tenders where I was shopping that day. This significantly reduced the cooking time–I think I only let them go for about 7 minutes in the final braise instead of the 30 or so Dorie recommends with the thighs. They weren’t super dry or overdone, though the sauce is definitely needed with chicken breast.
And how great is it that the final braise allows time for cooking or heating up sides? All in all, just lovely!
Looks lovely, and this was so delicious. Definitely a repeat recipe, ad as usual, Dorie came thru with another winner.
It is nice when a dish is as versatile as this one. Good call on the reduced cooking time! This was a delicious dish for sure!
My favourite so far from the ones we’ve tried from this book! So delicious!
I was wondering why we don’t need to season the chicken pieces before cooking them. Then I find out you don’t need salt and pepper because the sauce is so delicious and it coats the chicken all around. That’s my biggest takeaway!
I don’t see why this wouldn’t work with different parts of the chicken as long as you adjusted cooking time. I suppose the meat could be set aside for a while during the time used to thicken the sauce and re-added to warm it up.
I love the idea of this with chicken tenders! Will try it!
Cool to see how this worked with the chicken breasts, my money that its a winner with any chicken or pork and your results proved that. Yes, indeed this was a winner. Always fabulous to have a delicious new weekday dinner option, even better when its simple and easy. Yay !
yes, this was yummy! i bought the chili sauce just for this, so i’m looking forward to my next batch.
Yes, it’s the sauce that’s so appealing. I think a lot of different kinds of protein could be used. It’s nice to find a new easy weeknight recipe. Dorie sure knows how to create winners like that.
Agreed, just delicious. Easy and fast to pull together, right. Did you serve it with rice? Don’t you think polenta would be a good touch also? I think this is company worthy, The thighs with a “base” – whatever you choose – a green salad and crusty bread, lots of bread!