Bang Bang Chicken
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Amazingly crisp chicken bites drizzled with sweet chili mayo – so good, you’ll want to double or triple the recipe!
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So our move back to Los Angeles has officially begun. The movers came yesterday and after 8 very long hours, they packed everything into a truck and started making their way down south. We will be meeting them at our new place on Monday but until then, we will be cruising along the California coast with our puppy. We’re both so excited since this is our first family trip with Butters!
But before we leave San Francisco, I just had to share this bang bang chicken recipe because it is really the best chicken recipe ever. No joke.
Now it’s a super simple recipe that comes together in less than 30 min. Easy peasy. All that takes time is coating the chicken in Panko and throwing it in the skillet until it gets that wonderfully golden brown crispness. From there, all you have to do is drizzle on that epic sweet chili mayo and you’re set!
The sauce is so good, you’ll want to eat it with a spoon!
Bang Bang Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 cup Panko*
- 3 cups vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
for the sweet chili sauce
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons Frank’s Hot Sauce
Instructions
- BUTTERMILK MIXTURE: In a large bowl, whisk together buttermilk, flour, cornstarch, egg, hot sauce, salt and pepper, to taste.
- Working one at a time, dip chicken into BUTTERMILK MIXTURE, then dredge in Panko, pressing to coat.
- Heat vegetable oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium high heat until it registers 360 degrees F on a deep-fry thermometer.
- Working in batches, add chicken to the Dutch oven and cook until evenly golden and crispy, about 2-3 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.
- Serve immediately, drizzled with sweet chili sauce, garnished with parsley, if desired.
for the sweet chili sauce
- Whisk together mayonnaise, sweet chili sauce, honey and Frank’s Hot Sauce in a small bowl.
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Great recipe! Picky teens actually didn’t give it the stink eye! Ask for it often. That’s amazing right there! Thank you.
I just made this meal for my family today. AMAZING! My husband loved it! The recipe was super simple and did not require a lot of ingredients. Win, Win, Chicken Dinner 🙂 Thanks for the recipe!
FABULOUS!!! Great flavor, really enjoyed. It is a definite keeper. Thank you
Love this recipe! I’ve cooked it many many times!
These are sooooooooo good. However, all the recipes we’ve tried of yours are keepers. What are the little green specks in yours?
I think parsley? You could top with green onions too 🙂
Anxious to try this… does anyone know how long I would cook in air fryer? Thank you!
I read on another recipe for this specifically for the air frys, it says if you cut the chicken into 1 inch pieces, cook them 4-5 minutes on each side at 375 degrees in the air fryer.
This is SOOOO good. Even if you don’t use the sauce.
Excellent really crispy n juicy
Love it. I think I made the chicken bites a little small so they cooked faster but that is home cooking. I did make extra of the sauce as many said you should and we did love it. My other half had the leftovers 2 nights later when I was under the weather. Tonight we are using a new batch of sauce with crusted baked fish. I think it will be awesome.
Truly damn delicious and fun to make.
I made this today. It was fantastic. Myself, my husband and my grandson, loved it. The sauce was fantastic. I made enough bang bang chicken to send home with my grandson for my daughter and her family. However, we had eaten all the sauce I made with our chicken so I had to make more to send to her home. I suggest to everyone, make a double or triple recipe of the sauce. It’s wonderful.
Agreed! I made a double batch of the sauce as well, as I found it wasn’t enough. So delicious!
You this recipe all the time. Very delicious. The sauce can also go with anything 🙂
Really good, tasty and crispy. I cut the chicken breasts into chunks 1 1/2″ to 2″ chunks a bit larger than recipe, which of course takes an extra minute or so. Used coarse sea salt on the raw chicken chunks before dipping into the batter. Also added more Frank’s into the batter. The previous reviews are correct, make double the sauce, it is good (also added more Frank’s). Will definitely keep this recipe. Thanks!
First time making bang bang chicken and it was fantastic. I added half a teaspoon of rice vinegar to balance out the sweetness of the sauce. I also marinated the chicken for 8 hours in the buttermilk to tenderize it before cooking it. I served it on a tortilla with a quick slaw for bang bang chicken tacos. Super easy and super delish!
I’m glad I used chicken tenders, I can only imagine how tedious and time-consuming it would be to use little chunks of chicken! Tasted great tho, everyone loved it.
I decided to try and make one of your recipes for each meal this week. I started with this bang bang chicken and it was delicious. Although it was time consuming to pan fry the chicken (I doubled the recipe for my 5 kids) I don’t think I will buy frozen chicken nuggets again. They turned out perfect! Even my son, who hates chicken, gave this 5 stars.
These are amazing! Easy, and delicious.
I’m looking forward to making this. In my mind’s taste buds it will be damn delecious. I have thighs in the freezer. I rarely use breasts. Will thighs will work with this or will the meat come out tough?
Yum add a bit more heat to the sauce and perfection
Damn delicious!!!