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Jessica Secrest

Sweet and Spicy Chicken with Costco Chicken Chunks

Air-fried chicken chunks tossed in a glossy pineapple-soy sauce with tender-crisp broccoli and juicy pineapple. Sweet, savory, and finished with chili crunch for heat.

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Ingredients

  • —frozen breaded chicken breast chunks · as many as your family will eat
  • —broccoli florets · chopped
  • 1 canpineapple · juice reserved
  • 3/4 cuppineapple juice · from the can
  • 2 tablespoonsoyster sauce · a couple tablespoons
  • 2 tablespoonsdark soy sauce · two tablespoons-ish
  • —ginger · a healthy squirt
  • —hoisin sauce
  • —garlic · a metric ton
  • —orange juice
  • 2 tablespoonscorn starch · probably two tablespoons
  • —honey
  • 1 teaspoonchili crunch
  • —white pepper
  • —MSG
  • —dehydrated onion
  • 1/4 cupwater · as needed to thin the sauce
  • —toasted sesame oil

Steps

  1. 1

    Air fry the frozen chicken breast chunks until they are very crispy — crispier than the package says, so they hold up in the sauce.

  2. 2

    In a measuring cup, combine 3/4 cup pineapple juice from the can, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, ginger, hoisin sauce, garlic, orange juice, corn starch, honey, and chili crunch.

  3. 3

    Pour the sauce into a pan with a lid, add the broccoli florets, and put the lid on to cook the sauce and steam the broccoli together.

  4. 4

    Add white pepper, MSG, and dehydrated onion to the sauce.

  5. 5

    If the sauce looks too thick, stir in about 1/4 cup water and put the lid back on so the broccoli keeps steaming.

  6. 6

    Add the pineapple chunks and a drizzle of toasted sesame oil to the sauce.

  7. 7

    Add the crispy chicken to the pan and fold everything together until coated. Serve right away.

Creator's notes

Jessica takes a shortcut with Costco frozen breaded chicken chunks instead of breading chicken herself. Get the chicken extra crispy in the air fryer or it won't stand up to the sauce.

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