The greatest caprese chicken you’ve ever had, I swear, and the simplest to prepare.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 6 mins |
| Total Time: | 26 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ cup soy sauce
- ½ cup white vinegar
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon yeast extract spread (such as Marmite®)
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
Instructions
- Combine soy sauce, white vinegar, water, sugar, corn syrup, cider vinegar, pepper, yeast extract spread, sesame oil, garlic powder, onion powder, and ginger in a bowl. Mix well and pour sauce into a pot.
- Pour 1/4 cup sauce into a small bowl. Add cornstarch; mix and add back to the main sauce.
- Pour another 1/4 cup sauce into the bowl; add xanthan gum. Mix and pour through a strainer back in the main sauce.
- Heat the pot of sauce over medium heat. Cook, whisking briskly, until gooey and thickened, 6 to 10 minutes. Strain sauce into a container; cover with plastic wrap and let cool.
Reviews
ABSOLUTELY DELISHOUS SO AMAZING. A PERFECT AMOUNT OF SPICE!!!!!
Like, quarter the marmite…. And a little sriracha would bring this home to the 90’s
This one is difficult for me to rate . I never tried the sauce from Mc Donald’s so I don’t have anything to compare it with. What I will say is that the flavor and texture was good and it worked well as a dipping sauce for the popcorn chicken I made. The one problem I did have is that something balled up as soon as it got to medium heat even though I was whisking continually. I think it was the cornstarch but I’m not sure? Again, I never tried the original sauce but with a name like Szechuan I would expect some heat. Maybe there wasn’t, I don’t know? On that note, it tasted just fine as written but in the end I added a healthy dose of rooster sauce to the mix and that made it even better.