Oven-Baked Firecracker Chicken Fillets

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Oven-Baked Firecracker Chicken Fillets

Sweet, spicy and delicious! These succulent Oven-Baked Firecracker Chicken Fillets will add a burst of flavor to your plate. Bake in just 30 minutes and serve with veggies, rice or noodles.

Prep Time7

Cook Time30

Total Time37

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Chinese

Servings: people

Calories: 540kcal

Author: Jen Sim

Equipment

baking tray

Ingredients

520 g chicken fillet

Firecracker marinade

½ cup of hot sauce
3 tablespoon cup of brown sugar
2 tablespoon soy
2 teaspoon chili flakes
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon fish sauce
3 tablespoon oil

Instructions

Preheat oven to 200C/400F.
Add hot sauce, brown sugar, soy sauce, oil, chili flakes, apple cider vinegar and fish sauce to a bowl and mix until well combined.
Then, place chicken fillets in a bowl and add 4-5 tablespoon of the marinade. Do not use all of the marinade as you will need some for later. Mix until well combined. Optional: If you have extra time then feel free to cover the fillets with cling film in a bowl and leave them to marinate for 30 minutes in the fridge. This will intensify the flavors of the fillets.
Add marinated chicken fillets to a greased oven tray and bake for 30 minutes, turn fillets over and baste with marinade every 5 minutes.
Serve with remaining sauce, rice, veggies or noodles.

Notes

Firecracker marinade: Separate the marinade sauce you’d like to serve later from the sauce used for basting the chicken. This prevents food contamination.
Chicken: If using frozen chicken, make sure it is defrosted thoroughly first before use.
Firecracker sauce: To save time or if you need to make your chicken very quickly, you can use shop-bought firecracker sauce instead
Tenderize chicken: Bash chicken with a rolling pin to tenderize and help it cook faster.
Baste chicken: Baste the fillets for optimal flavor and color!

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