Firecracker Ground Chicken
Ground chicken cooked in chili oil and tossed with a sticky sweet and spicy firecracker sauce.
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 185kcal
Ingredients
- 16 oz Ground Chicken 92/8
- ½ Tablespoon Chili Oil
- ½ cup (96g) Swerve Brown Sugar*
- ¼ cup Buffalo Sauce
- 2 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar or rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ½ teaspoon Kosher Salt
- ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
- ½ teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
Instructions
- Heat a skillet over medium-high heat with the chili oil. Brown both sides of the chicken, about 3-4 minutes per side, before mincing and fully cooking.
- While the chicken cooks, whisk the remaining ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
- Once the chicken is fully cooked, add the sauce to the pan and cook until thick and syrupy.
- Serve with scallions and toasted sesame seeds over rice or cauliflower rice.
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Notes
*You can use real brown sugar or swap the sugar for other sweeteners like honey or maple syrup. I typically use between 1/4 cup and 1/3 cup honey or maple syrup in place of brown sugar.
Nutrition Info Notes
- The nutrition facts do not include any nutrition info from the Swerve Brown Sugar. Erythritol has 0.2 calories per gram so the entire recipe has around 20 calories if you'd like to include it.
- With real brown sugar, each serving has 24g of carbs and 275 calories.
- Using 97/3 ground chicken adds 4g of protein and saves 5.5g of fat and 50 calories per serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 4ounces | Calories: 185kcal | Protein: 22g | Fat: 11g