Firecracker Chicken

I love a good chicken recipe. This one's not too complicated and has a nice kick to it. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

• ¼ cup canola oil
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• Salt
• pepper
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• Sauce:
• ⅓ cup buffalo sauce (if you like more heat use hot sauce, like Frank's brand)
• 1¼ cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper.
2. In separate bowls, place cornstarch and slightly beaten eggs. Dip chicken into cornstarch then coat in egg mixture. I have also found that you can put the cornstarch in a gallon sized bag and shake the chicken to coat.
3. Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook chicken until browned. Place the chicken in a 9 x 13 greased baking dish.
4. In a medium sized mixing bowl, buffalo sauce, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, water, salt and red pepper flakes. Pour over chicken and bake for 1 hour.
5. I stirred the chicken every 15 minutes so that it coated them in the sauce.

I love the flavor of this because while it has buffalo sauce in it, (and that's what gives it the kick) the buffalo flavor isn't overpowering like it often can be. It's a good mixture of sweet and spicy. I was surprised at the long cooking time but it wasn't a problem. I definitely recommend it!