When making dinner for your family, nothing is faster and easier than Black Pepper Chicken. Soft chicken squares, aromatic ginger, garlic, and flavorful bell peppers make a great tasteful combination mixed with a spicy and sweet sauce. Garnish with some sesame seeds and minced green onions, and you’ll have the freshest meal!
For a perfect side, serve quinoa or rice. To add a bit of crunch, top with some cashews and peanuts.
For my asian food lovers, I would recommend some of my favorite asian inspired recipes such as Beef and Broccoli with the Best Sauce, Black Pepper Chicken, the famous Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps (P.F Chang’s Style), and Spicy Thai Basil Chicken.
In case you’re on a carb free diet, use monk fruit sweetener instead of honey and coconut.
Black Pepper Chicken Ingredient:
- Chicken breasts: You can use skinless and boneless chicken thighs if you prefer them.
- Bell pepper: Use different color bell pepper.
- Onion: It’s best to only use yellow onions.
- Sesame oil: For an asian taste, it can be substituted for canola, peanut, or olive oil.
- Fresh ginger and garlic cloves: To get that unique spice and taste to your chicken.
- Soy sauce: To keep it gluten-free use coconut aminos instead.
- Cornstarch and rice vinegar: Mixing soy sauce, rice vinegar and cornstarch together makes the perfect component to thicken your black pepper sauce, while vinegar adds that acidic flavor that makes everything come together.
- Honey and coconut sugar: Can be replaced with other sweeteners such as Monk fruit sweetener for less carbs, and granulated sugar.
- Black pepper: Ground it at home. As store bought grounded spices tend to lose their true taste and flavor.
- Chili pepper flakes: Only if you like a bit of spice. You can also use chili sauce instead.
- Green onion and sesame seeds: To decorate (optional)
How To Make Black Pepper Chicken?
1. Put a tablespoon of sesame oil on medium-high heat in a frying pan or wok. Place in your chicken cubes to cook and brown. Put aside on a plate.
2. Drizzle another tablespoon of sesame oil into your wok or pan, and sear the garlic and chopped ginger until aromatic.
3. Mix in your onion and bell peppers, let that cook for 5 to 10 minutes.
4. Place the chicken pan into the pan. Cook that for another 2 to 3 minutes.
5. Combine your rice vinegar, coconut sugar, chili flakes, soy sauce, cornstarch, black pepper, and honey in a bowl until smooth and sugar is melted.
6. Drizzle your cornstarch mix on top of your veggies and chicken. Let simmer until it’s thick, while mixing from time to time, then take it off the heat. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds. Dig in!
What to serve with black pepper chicken?
I usually serve a bit of rice with my black pepper chicken on top. Any rice can be used from basmati, brown, white or Jasmine. Quinoa and rice noodles also mesh well with this recipe if you’re not a rice lover. Or omit regular rice altogether and try my Garlic Butter Rice Recipe.
Got Leftovers?
Any remaining black pepper chicken can be stored in a sealed container and put in the fridge for 4 days.
How to Freezer?
Your leftover chicken can be frozen in a freezer container for 2 months.
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One-Pot Black Pepper Chicken Recipe
When making dinner for your family, nothing is faster and easier than Black Pepper Chicken. Soft chicken squares, aromatic ginger, garlic, and flavorful bell peppers make a great tasteful combination mixed with a spicy and sweet sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 pound of skinless and boneless chicken breasts cut into cubes
- salt, to your liking
- pepper, to your liking
- 1 minced red bell pepper
- 1 minced yellow bell pepper
- 1 minced yellow onion
- 2 separate tablespoons of sesame oil
- 3 chopped garlic cloves
- 1 chopped tablespoon of fresh ginger
- 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon of coconut sugar
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 2 teaspoons of freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon of crushed red chili pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds, to decorate
- 1 tablespoon of green onion, to decorate.
Instructions
- Slice your bell pepper and onions into strips.
- Slice your chicken into cubes. Add salt and pepper to season.
- Put a tablespoon of sesame oil on medium-high heat in a frying pan or wok. Place in your chicken cubes to cook and brown. Put aside on a plate.
- Drizzle another tablespoon of sesame oil into your wok or pan, and sear the garlic and chopped ginger until aromatic.
- Mix in your onion and bell peppers, let that cook for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Place the chicken pan into the pan. Cook that for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Combine your rice vinegar, coconut sugar, chili flakes, soy sauce, cornstarch, black pepper, and honey in a bowl until smooth and sugar is melted.
- Drizzle your cornstarch mix on top of your veggies and chicken. Let simmer until it's thick, while mixing from time to time.
- Take it off the heat. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds. Dig in!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 331Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 96mgCarbohydrates: 19gFiber: 2gSugar: 10gProtein: 37g
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