Pritikin Chicken in Sweet Chili Sauce Recipe
The Pritikin Eating Plan recommends and incorporates the healthiest animal food choices — omega-3-rich fish, lean protein like chicken and turkey, and vibrant flavors with fruit and vegetables, making the most of spices and bold flavors. This popular Pritikin Chicken in Sweet Chili Sauce dish is delicious served for dinner, and makes great leftovers at work the following day. Chop your leftover entree into a large lettuce leaf for a delicious summer salad roll or wrap.
Ingredients
- 4 4 ounces chicken breast cleaned
- 1 tablespoon Pritikin All-Purpose Seasoning
- 1/4 cup whole wheat flour (optional)
- 3 tablespoon sweet chilli pepper (crushed)
- 1/4 cup apple juice (concentrated) (or 2 tablespoons of splenda)
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 teaspoon corn starch
- Fresh Salsa
Instructions
- Season chicken breast with all purpose seasoning
- Combine sweet chili pepper, hot water and apple juice concentrate and let sit for 10 minutes.
- Lightly flour chicken breast and sear in a medium hot skillet on both sides
- Pour sweet chili mixture over chicken and cover.
- Lower flame and turn chicken on other side and cook for 8 minutes.
- Mix cornstarch with 2 tablespoons cold water and thicken the pan juices to create sauce.
- Plate with fresh salsa, or chopped tomatoes, onions and cilantro and herbs.
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What are sweet chili peppers and where are the kept in grocery stores? Thank you.
Greetings Sandi! Sweet Chili Pepper may come in several forms, but it generally refers to peppers which are NOT hot and spicy (for instance, Jalapeno), and, more typically, can refer to bell peppers (orange, yellow and red) which are in the produce section of your grocery store. You may find bell peppers in both large form, or, mini peppers by the bag. You can finely chop, sauté with a bit of natural sweetener of your choice, and crush to a paste.
Sweet Chili Pepper can ALSO include a chili pepper paste which is spicy, but considered sweet and mild, and frequently used in Asian cuisines, such as Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and such. You can find Sweet Chili Paste in the Asian Condiments aisle of your grocery store.
A very popular version of Sweet Chili Paste can include the Korean condiment, Gojuchang, which looks like very thick tomato paste. This can be found in Asian sections, but also in unique stores, like Trader Joe’s — which carries Gojuchang Paste in many stores (depending on where you live of course).
You may have also seen Sweet Chili Sauce (in the bottle), which is common with spring roll and appetizer type dishes. This is a more liquid, sweetened form of Sweet Chili, already prepared and ready to serve.
A popular / common brand for each of these items is Goya or Thai Kitchen.
Because Pritikin specifically refers to CRUSHED sweet chili, we interpreted this as more closely resembling the paste form, in jars, rather than chopped sweet peppers. We used Sweet Chili Paste found in our Asian condiments aisle, and our end result matched exactly what we were served at Pritikin.
Or, if you’d like to make your own, it’s not difficult, but we don’t have a Pritikin-version of the recipe, which would need to be modified by the consumer. Our non-Pritikin Sweet Chili Paste version is a combination of pure maple syrup (not pancake syrup), red pepper flakes or ground chili powder, mixed to a paste and then with a splash of rice wine or white vinegar, further enhanced to individual taste with sriracha sauce, sambal oelek spices, garlic paste, and spicy prepared ketchup.
Finally, if you like the flavor of chipotle, you can purchase a small can of chipotle peppers in a thick sauce and crush one, and measure accordingly. It makes a nice red, smoky chili pepper paste as well.
Let us know what you try and how you like it!