Garlic Black Pepper Chicken (20 Minutes only!)
Black Pepper Garlic Chicken
Garlic Black Pepper Chicken Under 20 Minutes
Tender, juicy, and buttery Garlic Black Pepper Chicken ready in less than 20 minutes! Get your rice prepared because this Garlic Black Pepper Chicken is one of the BEST recipes I’ve ever created. Combining Taiwanese night market Black Pepper sauce and sizzling chicken steak, this recipe is an EASY and fast full recipe version with chicken that is perfect for weeknight dinners. It is now my favorite way to enjoy chicken! You already have all the ingredients in the fridge, so make this Garlic Black Pepper Chicken for dinner this week; you can thank me later.
Garlic Pepper Chicken Ingredients
- 4 piece boneless skin-on chicken thigh
- Salt and Pepper to season
- 1.5 tbsp Butter
Black Pepper Sauce
- 3 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 0.5 tbsp Black Pepper adjust to your spice tolerance
- 1.5 tbsp Garlic minced
- 2 tbsp Honey
- 2.5 tbsp Ketchup
Boneless Chicken Thigh For Black Pepper Chicken
I love using boneless chicken thighs WITH the skin on when making Garlic Black Pepper Chicken. It is straightforward to debone chicken at home, and I show you how to debone chieken super easily in this video! However, if you are in a rush, you can also with chicken thigh bone-in.
I recommend having the skin on the chicken while pan frying first to crisp up the skin. The chicken oil will be infused with the sauce giving it an extra layer of flavor. The crispy skin also helps absorbs all the glaze, which makes this dish finger-licking good.
Super Addicting Garlic Black Pepper Chicken Sauce
My inspiration for my Garlic Black Pepper Chicken is inspired by the famous Taiwanese night market black pepper chicken steak plates and that Black Pepper Steak Sauce. Garlicky, buttery, spicy, and slightly tangy, this black pepper sauce is SUPER addicting and tastes good with everything.
To make my Garlic Black Pepper Sauce, all you need is a few simple ingredients you already have at home in your pantry: soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, ketchup, black pepper, and honey.
Ketchup is the secret ingredient that gives the tanginess which compliments the spicy from the black pepper. You can also adjust the amount of black pepper based on your spice tolerance.
How To Make Night Market Garlic Black Pepper Chicken
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper on both sides.
- In a pan, add in oil, and turn the heat up to medium-high. Once the pan is hot, add in the chicken, skin side facing down.
- Pan-fry the chicken for 2-3 minutes on each side, or until chicken skin is crispy and golden brown. Remove and set aside.
- Mix black pepper, minced garlic, oyster sauce, soy sauce, honey, and ketchup in a bowl.
- Turn the heat up to medium and add butter into the pan. Pour in the sauce and simmer for 1 minute.
- Add the chicken back in and cook on medium-high heat for 1-2 minutes on each side.
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Garlic Black Pepper Chicken
By Tiffy Cooks
Ingredients
- 4 piece boneless skin-on chicken thigh
- Salt and Pepper to season
- 1.5 tbsp Butter
Black Pepper Sauce
- 3 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 0.5 tbsp Black Pepper adjust to your spice tolerance
- 1.5 tbsp Garlic minced
- 2 tbsp Honey
- 2.5 tbsp Ketchup
Instructions
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper on both sides.
- In a pan, add in oil, and turn the heat up to medium-high. Once the pan is hot, add in the chicken, skin side facing down.
- Pan-fry the chicken for 2-3 minutes on each side, or until chicken skin is crispy and golden brown. Remove and set aside.
- Mix black pepper, minced garlic, oyster sauce, soy sauce, honey, and ketchup in a bowl.
- Turn the heat up to medium and add butter into the pan. Pour in the sauce and simmer for 1 minute.
- Add the chicken back in and cook on medium-high heat for 1-2 minutes on each side.
Made this tonight and loved it! This is going in the regular rotation. So easy and so flavorful. Tasted like my favorite takeout.
High there, coming all the way from Instagram to comment. This recipe was amazing and so easy! I couldn’t find boneless chicken thighs with the skin anywhere, so I just used bone in chicken thighs but it did take significantly longer. Next time I will probably just use boneless skinless if I cannot fine the boneless with the skin on. I topped with green onions, my family loves it! This is the second recipe of hers I’ve tried and will be doing many more!
this was amazing! So easy to cook and it was delicious! definitely adding this to my weekly meals
Delicious and sooo easy!! Can’t wait to cook this again!!
One of my favorite recipes from you so far! I have made this 3 times now and have added about a tbsp of chili garlic oil to the sauce for extra spice. Either way, this recipe is AMAZING!
This was a great sauce! I substituted fish sauce for oyster sauce. I always have these ingredients on hand and will be adding this recipe to my book.
Hi Tammi! Great idea, that sounds delicious! Thank you for trying this recipe!
I’ve made this recipe twice and both times the chicken didn’t cook through all the way😭 Check the internal temperature before you take them off! They were good, but didn’t blow me away. I would probably make them again but it’s not in my list of top meals.
i love it
I was scouring the internet for a chicken dinner that we weren’t sick of already, and came across this one. It did not disappoint!!! The whole family loved it! I am saving this to add to the menu frequently. I didn’t have oyster sauce so I used hoison sauce (internet says it’s a substitute) and it was delicious. Thanks for posting this!
Really loved this recipe! I am definitely a pepper fan but it was maybe a wee bit heavy on the pepper. I used fish sauce instead of oyster sauce because that’s what I had and also used chicken breasts for this dish so maybe that made a difference as well. Overall the family reviews were very good and I would certainly make this again!
I’ve been making menus for the past few months and have stumbled on so many delicious recipes. This one is a keeper! I used chicken breasts…it’s what I already had and added broccoli to mine. Perfect!
Hi! I was scrolling through the web looking for new recipes for chicken to take for my work lunch. I found this and it looks yummy! I was wondering if I can use this for chicken wings/party wings?
Yes absolutely! The garlic pepper sauce goes so well with chicken wings
Was nice but it was way too salty – prob needs half the soy sauce amount or more honey.
I got a spice Advent calendar this year and the first thing out of the box was black pepper. Being a vegan household, we made your recipe, using tofu crusted with corn starch, salt, and pepper. The sauce was GORGEOUS and silky. We used olive oil instead of butter, and vegan fish sauce instead of oyster sauce (it’s what I had in the house), and it was perfect! I went a little heavy on the pepper, and it was great! The rice never got made, the veggies never got sauteed; we just ate the tofu right out of the pan. This is definitely going into regular rotation. Thank you SO much for the post!
I made this for the first time today. It’s definitely one of my favorite dishes from now on. I absolutely loved the flavor and how easy it was to make!
Thank you for another perfect recipe!
Hi There,
This is really a wonderful recipe. Try this recipe once and you will want to eat it again and again.
tomato or banana ketchup?
I use Tomato Ketchup here!
Can I substitute Hoisin sauce for the Oyster sauce? My family had a bad experience is a previous recipe the required the same amount of oyster sauce. The smell was so potent after preparing, we couldnt enjoy the dish.
Yes you can! you can also decrease the amount if you don’t enjoy the fishiness of the sauce.
Tiffy
Excellent, easy and fast! I made this as a week night dinner. I used boneless, skinless thighs and cut into bite size pieces. I added some bell peppers and onions. This cooks up quickly. I made rice in my rice maker and by the time the rice was done so was this recipe. This is very tasty and better than any dish I’d order in a restaurant. I was nervous about the amount of pepper used but in the future I’ll use more and add some chili pepper. I am putting this in my recipe box.
I love this recipe!! I made this for me to try and had to make some for my husband when he got home since I ate all of this dish before he got home a few days later… 😂 and yes, he loves it too!
I haven’t made this yet but I’ve made a few of your recipes and they are all delicious. My question is, can I coat it with a little cornstarch like a couple of your other thigh recipes?
Hi Maria, so glad you love these recipes! Yes, you can coat this in a little cornstarch if you prefer!
Tiffy
I made this for my husband about 6 months ago and he absolutely loved it! We are both big fans of this recipe, it’s been in our regular rotation since and every one of our friends that I have made this for have raved about it.
Made it for dinner. Super quick to make and tasted amazing
was looking for an easy black pepper chicken recipe and came across this and im so glad i found it. this was a perfect dish for my family. and i see all your other recipies and im coming back to try more! thank you for sharing!
The written instructions don’t have the step of coating the chicken with cornstarch before pan frying. I missed that step after printing them out
I’m making the black pepper chicken now.
I have a simple question.
Is it possible to use both teaspoon and tablespoon measurements instead of half teaspoon etc?
Sorry. I’m unable to edit my previous comment.
I meant can you use teaspoon as well as tablespoon measurements. Instead of everything by tablespoon…i.e. 1/2 tablespoon of black pepper etc.
I’ve never seen recipe measurements given this way.
I love your recipes ❤️