Chinese Recipe for Honey Chicken
INGREDIENTS
- 500g skinless chicken breast
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1 cup cornflour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 egg whites
- cold water
- oil for deep-frying
- extra cornflour (for dusting chicken)
- 1 1/2 tsp sweet chilli sauce
- garnish: spring onion (chopped)
Nutritional Fact: 1 tbsp honey has about 17 carbohydrates and 64 calories compare to 1 tbsp of sugar which contains 13 carbohydrates and 50 calories.
- Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces
- Make batter: mix together cornflour, baking powder, beaten egg whites and cold water
- Dust chicken with cornflour
- Dip into batter
- Deep-fry chicken pieces for 1 min or till crisp on the outside and cooked through
- In another pan, add honey and chilli sauce
- Heat pan
- Pour hot sauce over chicken
- Garnish with chopped spring onions
- Serve immediately
HINT: You can try serving this dish on a bed of crispy fried rice noodles. To make crispy fried noodles, drop handfuls of the noodles into hot oil, fry just long enough for them to expand and turn white. Remove and place on serving dish. Add chicken pieces on top of crispy fried rice noodles then pour sauce all over.
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