Golden brown Turmeric Black Pepper Chicken! This is the easy weeknight dinner recipe you didn’t know you needed. It starts with slightly crispy pan-fried chicken pieces that we’ll season with ground turmeric, kosher salt, garlic powder, and of course, black pepper. We’ll pan fry the chicken and then toss it in a sweet and spicy honey mixture. The green beans simmer in that hot honey mixture and have that perfect crisp-tender texture with just a bit of the tangy sweet sauce clinging to them. It doesn’t hurt that the ingredient list for this recipe is pretty straight forward and uses mostly pantry and refrigerator staples. You can even use frozen green beans if you usually keep a stash in your freezer. Just be sure to defrost them first so that the sauce doesn’t get watered down! It’s colorful, healthy and flavorful – all the makings of a crowd-pleasing and quick weeknight meal!
Ingredients for Turmeric Black Pepper Chicken
Chicken: Feel free to use boneless, skinless chicken thighs or boneless, skinless chicken breasts for this recipe. Chicken tenders would also work. Just be sure to chop the chicken into ¾-1-inch pieces so that they all cook up in the same amount of time.Green Beans: I’ve adapted this recipe so that it can be made year round with green beans. The original recipe that inspired this one uses 12 ounces asparagus in place of the green beans.All-purpose flour: We’ll toss the chicken in flour, ¾ teaspoon salt, ground turmeric, garlic powder, and adobo seasoning so that the chicken has plenty of flavor on its own! It’s even better tossed in that hot honey sauce!Seasonings: You’ll need black pepper, turmeric, and garlic powder. These ingredients are also in the adobo seasoning we’ll use but you’ll need more of them so that they stand out a bit more!Adobo Seasoning: Adobo seasoning is different than adobo sauce! This isn’t like the flavors that chipotle peppers come packed in. Adobo seasoning is made with salt, garlic powder, onion powder, white pepper, oregano, and turmeric. It’s a seasoning that just enhances the flavors of whatever you use it in! You can find it in most grocery stores and you can also purchase it online here. Oil: I like to use coconut oil for this recipe as I love the delicate coconut flavor that it adds to the dish. Vegetables or canola oil or any other kind of cooking oil you like will work though!Rice Vinegar: You’ll need unseasoned rice vinegar just at the end to help cut through some of the sweetness from the honey. The acid in this recipe helps cut through the salt, honey, and spicy elements. This just really wakes up your palette!Hot Honey: I like to use homemade hot honey when I have some in the pantry. You can also use store-bought hot honey or regular honey will work too. I find that hot honey is a better ingredient because it adds a bit more complexity to the dish, however, regular honey does work.Lime wedges: I like to hit the stir fry with a little bit of lime juice when I serve it over rice. You can also use lemon juice here instead if you’d like. The hot honey will pair beautifully with it!Prepared rice for serving: You can use any kind of rice you like for this recipe. Homemade basmati rice, cauliflower rice, brown rice, or white rice would all work. I usually let the rice cook up in my favorite rice cooker and it’s ready in as little as 40 minutes!
How to Make Turmeric Chicken Recipe
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Recipe inspired by NYTCooking.
