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Ingredients

1 pound Do Good Chicken boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces

1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon Creole mustard (like Zatarain’s)

1 tablespoon honey

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper

1 cup Carolina BBQ sauce (store-bought or homemade, see recipe below)

¼ cup pickled mustard seeds or wholegrain mustard

1 tablespoon chives

Like most popular, regional barbecue sauces, Carolina BBQ sauce has a taste distinctly all its own. Instead of the typical ketchup and molasses bases you’ll find in a lot of barbecue sauces, Carolina BBQ sauce is vinegar- and mustard-based. This makes for a thick-and-tangy sauce, with just a hint of sweet and sour.

Directions

Marinating Chicken:

Place first 6 ingredients in a small mixing bowl and mix thoroughly.
Cover and place in the refrigerator and allow to marinate for 1 hour.

Baking Chicken

Heat a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat.
Add oil to pan and immediately add marinated breast bites.
Cook for 2-3 minutes then turnover and continue to cook for 2-3 more minutes or until fully cooked.
Remove from the pan and place cooked bites in a small mixing bowl.
Add BBQ sauce to the bowl and gently toss the bites with to coat on all sides with sauce.
Pile bites in a bowl or on a small plate.
Dollop pickled mustard seeds or wholegrain mustard over the top of breast bites, sprinkle them with chives, and serve.

Tips:

Shaoxing is a Chinese rice wine typically used for cooking. It can be substituted with dry sherry or mirin (a sweet Japanese cooking wine).
For extra heat, drizzle Chinese-style chili oil over top of the dish just before serving.
Substitute 1 of the red bell peppers with a green bell pepper for variety, if desired.