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Honey Chicken Recipe | Easy Chinese Honey Garlic Chicken
Honey Chicken recipe: Our Chinese Honey Garlic Chicken recipe offers the classic flavour combination of honey and garlic in a delicious and irresistible dish that will satisfy your craving for Chinese food any night of the week.
Succulent chicken pieces—coated with batter and fried to a wonderful crisp-tender texture—are tossed in a sweet and savoury honey–garlic sauce to produce a scrumptious and delectable honey chicken dish that the whole family is sure to love.
▲ Frying marinated chicken till golden brown and crispy
This easy Honey Chicken recipe ticks all the boxes for a family-favourite dish: it’s simple, easy, delicious, bursting with flavour, affordable, healthy, and super yummy!
Rather than wasting money and ordering in, recreate the taste and aroma of your favourite Chinese takeout dish in your own kitchen. Homemade honey chicken is much cheaper, more delicious, and a whole lot healthier.
▲ Pouring honey into other honey sauce ingredients
The peppery-sweet honey–garlic sauce is superb. It’s quick and easy to make, and the recommended black pepper powder gives the sauce a delicious spicy kick. Add as much as you like, adjusting the spiciness to your taste. And if you’re vegetarian, instead of honey chicken, this honey–garlic sauce can be used for Honey Chilli Potatoes or crispy Honey Cauliflower.
▲ Honey sauce being cooked and thickened
Chinese Honey Garlic Chicken goes well with a variety of side dishes. It tastes great with veg fried rice, prawn fried rice, rice and roasted green beans with sesame oil, ginger and black bean noodles, chow mein noodles, stir-fried or steamed greens, egg rolls, and even spaghetti. Try it with mixed vegetables in oyster sauce or with red and yellow peppers sautéed in a little bit of soya sauce and sesame oil. Our soupy chicken noodles make a wonderful accompaniment too to this simple honey chicken recipe.
▲ Stir frying chicken in the honey sauce
Learn how to make this Honey Chicken recipe with an easy step by step video. Find a list of all ingredients and the detailed method of cooking. This is a quick and simple way of making the most delicious Chinese Honey Garlic Chicken you have ever tasted!
▲ Honey chicken served and ready to eat
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RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
450 grams boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch cubes
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1⁄4 teaspoon white pepper powder
Batter:
80 grams maida (all-purpose flour), about ½ cup
1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
2 large pinches salt
4 tablespoons cornflour
1 egg white
3⁄4 tablespoon vegetable oil
Honey Sauce:
6 cloves garlic, finely sliced
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon black chinese vinegar (chinkiang)
1 teaspoon shaoxing rice wine
6 tablespoons honey
1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper powder, (optional but recommended)
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1 3⁄4 cups peanut oil, to deep-fry (or any other cooking oil with a high smoke point)
3 cloves garlic, finely sliced
1 1⁄2 teaspoons cornflour, mixed into 3 teaspoons cold water to make cornflour slurry
1 1⁄2 teaspoons sesame seeds, roasted, to garnish
COOKING METHOD
- Place chicken cubes in a bowl. Sprinkle with ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon white pepper, mix well, then set aside for 10 minutes.
- Make batter: Take another clean bowl and tip in all dry batter ingredients – all-purpose flour (maida), baking powder, salt, and cornflour; mix well. Add egg whites, ¾ tablespoon oil, and ½ cup ice-cold water. Use a whisk to mix well, then add the reserved chicken. Mix with a spoon ensuring that the batter coats the chicken evenly. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Make honey sauce: Combine garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, black Chinese vinegar, rice wine, honey, black pepper powder (if using), and 125 ml water (about ½ cup) in a bowl. Mix well and set aside.
- Pour 1¾ cups oil into a wok or kadhai over high heat. When the oil is hot but not smoking, use chopstick or tongs to pick up individual pieces of chicken coated with batter and place them in the hot oil. Do this in batches without crowding the pan. Reduce heat to medium-high and fry till cooked through and golden-brown all over, turning the chicken as needed. Remove chicken from oil and place on a plate lined with kitchen paper towels to absorb any excess oil.
- Remove all but 3 tablespoons of oil from the wok / kadhai and place back on high heat. Once hot, toss in sliced garlic to flavor the oil. When golden-brown, remove garlic from oil – the fried garlic can either be discarded or kept for later use. Pour prepared honey sauce into the wok, and cook, stirring continuously for about 2 minutes. Add prepared cornflour slurry and continue to cook, stirring, for another minute. Add chicken and toss carefully using 2 spatulas / wooden spoons to mix and coat evenly with honey sauce. Remove once chicken is heated through.
- Transfer to a serving bowl, garnish with roasted sesame seeds, and serve hot with steamed rice.
Serves: 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 33 minutes
- Place chicken cubes in a bowl. Sprinkle with ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon white pepper, mix well, then set aside for 10 minutes.
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