Panda Express Sweet Fire Chicken Copycat
A complete copycat version you can easily make right at home! And yes, it tastes a million times better (and healthier) than take-out!
Have you tried Panda Express’ sweet fire chicken yet? It’s a fairly new item but it’s quickly become a favorite. It has that amazing sweetness with just the right amount of spice to it. But just like every other entree item there, they always give you about 3 chicken bites and 8 pineapple pieces with each serving!
Fortunately, this homemade version is really easy to whip up. And if you’re short on time, you can even cut down the cook time further by using frozen chicken nuggets. With that, this will be on your dinner table in 15 minutes from start to finish!
And yes, as always, the homemade version is always tastier and healthier since you know exactly what’s going into your meal!
Panda Express Sweet Fire Chicken Copycat
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 ½ cups diced pineapple, fresh or canned
- ½ cup Thai sweet chili sauce, or more, to taste
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
For the chicken
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into
- 1- inch chunks
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs, beaten
Instructions
- Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
- Working one at a time, dredge chicken in flour, dip into eggs, then dredge in flour again, pressing to coat.
- Working in batches, add chicken to the skillet, 3 or 4 at a time, and cook until evenly golden and crispy, about 2 minutes on each side. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add bell pepper and pineapple and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in chicken and Thai sweet chili sauce until well combined, about 1-2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with green onions.
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amazing 🙂 really easy and so yummy 🙂
Just made this and added some fresh green beans as well! Absolutely delicious. I find myself pinning an obscene amount of your recipes and all that I have tried have been phenomenal! Thanks so much
If using the frozen chicken nuggets, do you cook as directed on package then just mix with sauce?
Yes, that should work just fine.
Thank you!! This is a fantastic recipe. Its delicious and Is probably one of the most visually attractive meals I have ever cooked! It is a very IMPRESSIVE dish. I can imagine this would also lend itself to a great amount of variations if one chose to…
I have never had Panda Express and with your recipes, I really feel no need to. This is definitely an automatic FAVORITE!! and as a matter of fact I am going to find my next meal from your site right now!
To other readers:
If you want to be a hero in the kitchen you have come to the right place!!!
Very good!! My Husband and I cooked it 2 nights in a row!. Thank you
Made this tonight, it was excellent. Made my own sweet thai chili sauce too!
Thanks for a great recipe.
Thanks so much for a perfect week night meal idea!
Made this last night. It was DELICIOUS! Thank you for sharing.
I made this for dinner last night, and it was delicious and so easy! My husband said it was some of the BEST Chinese he’d ever had. I used Trader Joe’s brand of Thai Sweet Chili Sauce, and since we like spicy foods, gave it a couple of squirts of Sriracha, too. Definitely a keeper for the Favorites file. Thanks for sharing.
YUMMY!! Another hit 🙂
I had this dish at Panda Express yesterday and liked it so much, I was already looking for a copycat recipe today. I just made this for lunch (I know. Don’t judge me. Haha) and it was DELICIOUS!!!! Every bit as good as PE. Thank you for sharing!!!
We made this last week and all loved it!! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
Where do you buy the thai sweet chili sauce? This will be a huge hit with my husband because he always picks this when we eat at Panda Express. I’m going to surprise him and make this and the copycat chow mein noodles for our anniversary dinner. 🙂
What a perfect anniversary dinner! As for the thai sweet chili sauce, any of the major local grocery stores should carry it.
Hi Chungah, can you please share what brand you use? Also, can you recommend the best way to get that fat mouth feel without so much fat? For example, Can you recommend an air fryer and/or air fryer recipe for the chicken? and/or some other way, just without so much fat? Thank you …can’t wait to try this!!
Made this one..so good! Thanks for your fun blog site. I am loving it.
This was delectable! I can’t wait to try your other recipes.
We give this recipe A for awesome!
Good lord. My husband and I could eat this every day. We made it with shrimp instead of chicken and it was just divine!
I have enjoyed trying several recipes from your blog, and they have all come out very well. I made this the other day for my husband. Even though he is not a big fan of Asian food, he agreed I could make this again.
I have to try this one next week ! seems easy and tasty
Oh, girl, I want to come over for dinner every day!! I can practically smell this awesome chicken 🙂 Yum!