We all know I love to recreate restaurant-style favorites at home, so I knew these had potential. And that sweet, spicy, and creamy bang bang sauce sounded pretty darn delicious. It has sweet Thai chili sauce, which is always a favorite.
But the next day, I saw bang bang shrimp on my recipe list and something about the idea of the crispy avocado with the saucy shrimp sounded like perfection. And then, I was excited. Which was awesome, because recipes have been tricky lately.
Start with the sauce. Bang bang sauce is usually mayo, sweet Thai chili sauce, and hot sauce. I doubled the sweet Thai sauce and used an avocado oil-based mayo. You could also use yogurt, but I do think mayo is probably best here.
This has become a family favorite. The fried avocado really makes it, although in a pinch (if you are short on time) you can skip the breading and frying and add more sauce, although it really is worth it to take the time ? my daughter is a vegetarian and this is a recipe that is delicious with and without the shrimp. She adds some black beans that have been drained, rinsed, warmed with a bit of water and oil drizzle and a pinch of lime wedge. So good. We love this!! I have been using the frozen bang bang shrimp from Whole Foods that is already breaded and just sprinkling with the onion & garlic powder before baking it as a shortcut. This is a dinner I can quickly lit together on a weeknight and everyone is happy:)
These bang bang brussels sprouts are crispy and delicious. Roasted until perfection, the brussels are charred and drizzled with a creamy garlicky chili sauce that adds the perfect element of flavor. Seriously addictive and poppable!
I live for a good side dish, and these bang bang brussels sprouts do not disappoint. Roasted, crispy brussels sprouts drizzled with a creamy bang bang sauce made with chili garlic sauce and sweet chili sauce. The combination is so delicious!
Tried this recipe tonight, and it came out great! Super crispy and tasty. Family loved the sauce as well. You definitely need more than a cup of panko breadcrumbs. Ran out, and needed to use plain breadcrumbs
An update. I just made these again today, but I baked them instead of frying. I sprayed the bottom of the pan, I also put a little butter on a few pieces and some butter on the bottom of the pan. Baked at 425 degrees for 15 minutes flipped them over and baked for another 10 to 12 minutes. They turned out great.
This was soooo good everyone loved it, I always brine my chicken before I fry and I added a little garlic powder to the batter. We reheated it in the oven the next night and it was still light crispy and jucy.
Love it. I think I made the chicken bites a little small so they cooked faster but that is home cooking. I did make extra of the sauce as many said you should and we did love it. My other half had the leftovers 2 nights later when I was under the weather. Tonight we are using a new batch of sauce with crusted baked fish. I think it will be awesome.
First time making bang bang chicken and it was fantastic. I added half a teaspoon of rice vinegar to balance out the sweetness of the sauce. I also marinated the chicken for 8 hours in the buttermilk to tenderize it before cooking it. I served it on a tortilla with a quick slaw for bang bang chicken tacos. Super easy and super delish!
Thanks for a great recipe! Made this the other night with my 20 year old son..both he & my husband loved it! My son put the sauce on his rice the next day and has asked for the recipe to take back to school with him.
Seriously SO good! We usually double the sauce recipe and dunk the nuggets in the sauce. We also use some regular bread crumbs with the panko because we like it a little less crunchy.
For those of you wondering, it works great in an air fryer, too!
This is one of my husbands favorite things! It has now become our annual Superbowl dinner and has been for the last three years. I serve it on a bed of lettuce and it goes really well with the crunchy chicken bits. Very delicious! Thank You.
I have done this with chicken about 10 years ago, I just made it up one day as I had no shrimp in the house.
Then I tried it with pork. The pork was so good. I had center cut porkchops and decided to cut them up and do it like bangbang shrimp.
Give it a try, I think you will like it.
Love all your recipes but just had to tell you about this.
Bang Bang Chicken = Amazing!!!
Great for my daughters lunches, she loves, and they do NOT become soggy in a pre heated thermos, like all others.
Are there any suggestions of dishes/sides to accompany?
Just made this tonight and it was excellent. I am. It a fan of spicy, but I wanted to drink the sauce from the bowl. Next time I have to make more sauce and maybe try baking.
I had a ton of left over batter and wanted to use it tomorrow for my remaining chicken. Would that be ok? Thanks
Thanks for sharing this receipe was looking for receipes that used Panko bread crumb. I had coupon for them I got several boxes of them. Yay! Excited to get all the ingredients together and make for my family!
I made this tonight. It was delicious! I crown you Queen of Sauces. They are always so good. And this one was no exception. I made mine with white rice and some crispy rice noodles because I had some to use up and I had the hot oil ready.
We made this tonight with drained, pressed and baked extra-firm tofu cubes and broccoli and used a non-stick pan with just a thin coating of oil. Only change was turning the tofu and broccoli a few times to brown all sides.
Addendum: The leftovers today had lost most, but not all, of their crunch. But they were still wonderful cold on a simple green salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber) with the leftover sauce as salad dressing. Almost as good as when originally made!
Just made this tonight and it was delicious. I followed the recipe exactly without changing anything and it was truly awesome! I even doubled the recipe as you suggested because I just knew this would be a huge hit! Thanks for all the wonderfully delicious recipes!
I just wanted everyone that sees this recipe to know how awesome it is! I had tried Bang Bang shrimp at a restaurant and knew I had to find a recipe to make it at home. After searching many recipes, yours seemed the simplest and closest to what I had tried. I knew the sauce would be amazing because it is almost identical to my spicy mayo I make for sushi. However, your tempura/Panko chicken was a game changer! I have made tempura chicken before and it always got soggy pretty fast. Yours stays crispy even after pouring the sauce over it. This recipe is now in my Keeper file! Thanks so much!
You can certainly try substituting heavy cream and tapatio but without further recipe testing, I cannot speak for how much this will change the overall taste/texture of the dish. Using a substitution(s) may also result in a mediocre outcome.
Chungah, We were invited to a housewarming last night and they served your Bang, Bang Chicken! It was to-die for! Billy said he also added a bit of sirarcha and we gobbled up the chicken and sauce like there was no tomorrow! Great recipe! Kitty
i made this chicken last week and it was sooo good! The sauce that goes on top is delicious I ended up making a double batch. My husband and I were eating the chicken as soon as it came out of the pan and we had leftovers the very next day! This recipe is definitely a keeper!
You can certainly try substituting almond milk but without further recipe testing, I cannot speak for how much this will change the overall taste/texture of the dish. Using a substitution may also result in a mediocre outcome, but if substitutions must be made, please use your best judgment.
I made this recipe last night and it was delicious. I put the chicken on top of a big asian salad.. soo good! I did end up doubling the amount of hot sauce in the sauce. It barely had any spice to it with just two teaspoons.
I thought it was weird to see franks red hot sauce in the sauce ingredients instead of sriracha. I ended up making the sauce several different ways (since I had all the ingredients anyways). I was surprised that franks hot sauce actually worked best! I think it might be because of the vinegar. Also I was out of honey so I left that out.
I was so excited to try this recipe and wow, was it good. We really enjoyed this flavorful chicken; it was bang on, crispy, crunchy, tender and delicious. Perfectly cooked, not greasy with a sauce to die for, just the perfect amount of heat and sweetness. The sauce was an amazing pairing with the chicken. So good. Made for Best of 2014 Tag Game
This recipe looks amazing and we would love to try it but I have a question about the egg. Is there a way to replace it or would it be okay to omit it altogether? I have eggless mayo that I can use for the mayo portion but not sure about the coating.
Making this for the second time tonight! We especially love the sauce. Any tips for cooking the chicken through without burning the crust. We were thinking lower heat or smaller chicken pieces?? Love your blog!
Made the sauce for Christmas Eve buffet and it was amazing. We had crispy chicken strips and roasted shrimp to dip and I even poured it on some mac & cheese. Glad to have such deliciousness in my repertoire !
Made this the other night for my family and followed the directions completely and oh my gosh I think this might just be the best thing I have ever ate. That sauce was just wow. It was worth looking all over my local grocery store to find sweet chili sauce (it was in the Asian section), This is my third recipe from this site I have made in just the past week and it has all been fantastic!
I made this recipe and it turned out great! Only problem I had was when I was frying the chicken pieces, some of the panko was falling off the chicken and I had panko cumbs left in the oil. Any tips on preventing this from happening? I did exactly what the recipe states by soaking the chicken in the buttermilk mixture and then dipping in Panko pressing down to make sure it sticks. Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks for sharing such great recipes with us!
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