1Season boneless, skinless chicken thighs with garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, salt, and Kinder's sweet and smoky brown sugar.
2Flip the chicken and season the other side.
3Cook the seasoned chicken in a pan for about 6 or 7 minutes until cooked through.
4Remove the seared and cooked chicken from the pan and place it on a cutting board to cut up.
5Combine quarter cup soy sauce, quarter cup hoisin sauce, half a cup apple juice, quarter cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons rice vinegar (or apple cider vinegar), 2 tablespoons ketchup, minced garlic, and minced ginger in a pan.
6Whisk the sauce ingredients together and stir over medium heat until it starts to bubble.
7Once the sauce is bubbling, add a slurry made of 3 tablespoons water and 1 tablespoon corn starch.
8Stir the slurry into the sauce until it thickens up.
9Add the cut-up chicken back into the thickened sauce.
10Let the chicken cook in the sauce, covered with aluminum foil or a lid, allowing sugar pieces to caramelize for crispy bits.
Ingredients
boneless, skinless chicken thighs
garlic powder
onion powder
pepper
salt
Kinder's new sweet and smoky brown sugar
0.25 cup soy sauce
0.25 cup hoisin sauce
0.5 cup apple juice
0.25 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp rice vinegar
apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp ketchup
minced garlic
minced ginger
3 tbsp water
1 tbsp corn starch
Equipment
pancutting boardwhiskaluminum foil
Tips
Season both sides of the chicken.
Use apple cider vinegar as an alternative to rice vinegar.
Cook with aluminum foil or a lid to keep moisture in and allow sugar pieces to burn for crispy bits.