Glazed Black Pepper 🌶️ Chicken 🐓 & Mushrooms 🍄‍🟫

Glazed Black Pepper 🌶️ Chicken 🐓 & Mushrooms 🍄‍🟫

Ingredients

1 ½ lbs boneless, skinless chicken breast or thighs (sliced into ¼-inch thick pieces)

10 oz white mushrooms (sliced)

4 cloves garlic (minced)

1 tsp fresh ginger (minced)

1 ½ tsp coarse black pepper (freshly cracked)

½ tsp red chili flakes (optional)

2 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tbsp hoisin sauce

1 tbsp honey or brown sugar

2 tsp rice vinegar

1 tbsp cornstarch + 2 tbsp cold water (slurry)

2 ½ tbsp neutral oil (canola or light sesame)

Salt to taste

Instructions

1. Sear the Chicken

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large skillet over medium-high.

Add sliced chicken, season lightly with salt, and sear until golden and cooked through. Remove and set aside.

2. Sauté the Mushrooms

In the same skillet, add another ½ tbsp oil and mushrooms. Sauté until browned, about 5–6 mins. Push to the side.

3. Build the Sauce

Add remaining 1 tbsp oil, then garlic and ginger. Cook 30 seconds until fragrant.

Return chicken to pan. Stir in black pepper and chili flakes.

Mix soy sauce, oyster sauce, hoisin, honey, and rice vinegar in a small bowl. Pour into the pan.

Add the cornstarch slurry. Stir constantly as the sauce thickens into a sticky, glossy glaze. Let it bubble until syrupy and clinging tightly to chicken and mushrooms.