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15-Minute Spicy Garlic Chicken – Bold Flavor

Spicy garlic chicken is a quick and flavorful dish made with tender chicken coated in a rich, garlicky,and slightly spicy sauce. Perfect for busy days when you need a fast, satisfying meal.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Asian
Calories: 320
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 boneless chicken breasts sliced into thin strips
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon chili sauce
  • 1 teaspoon red chili flakes
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons chopped green onions

Method
 

  1. Slice the chicken breasts into thin strips if not already prepared. Mince the garlic and chop the green onions.
    Raw chicken strips on a wooden cutting board with minced garlic and chopped green onions in a bright kitchen.
  2. In a small bowl, mix together the soy sauce, chili sauce, honey, lemon juice, red chili flakes, black pepper, and salt.
    Glass bowl filled with soy sauce, chili sauce, honey, lemon juice, chili flakes, black pepper, and salt being mixed together.
  3. Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan over medium-high heat.
    Black nonstick frying pan heating vegetable oil on a gas stove in a bright modern kitchen.
  4. Add the chicken strips to the hot pan. Cook for about 5–6 minutes, stirring often, until the chicken is fully cooked and lightly golden.
    Chicken strips cooking in a black skillet with light golden color and steam rising while being stirred with a wooden spatula.
  5. Add the minced garlic to the pan. Stir and cook for about 30 seconds until fragrant.
    Minced garlic being stirred into cooked chicken strips in a hot frying pan with steam rising.
  6. Pour the sauce mixture over the chicken. Stir well so all the chicken is coated evenly.
    Spicy garlic sauce being poured over cooked chicken strips in a frying pan and mixed evenly.
  7. Cook for another 2–3 minutes until the sauce becomes slightly thick and glossy.
    Glossy spicy garlic chicken simmering in a thick rich sauce inside a black frying pan.
  8. Turn off the heat and sprinkle chopped green onions on top.
    Cooked spicy garlic chicken topped with freshly chopped green onions in a black skillet.
  9. Serve hot with rice, noodles, or vegetables.
    Plate of spicy garlic chicken served over white rice with green onion garnish in bright natural light.