Very Flavourful Chinese Honey Chilli Chicken Food

CRISPY CHINESE HONEY CHICKEN (WITHOUT DEEP FRYING)

Steps:

• Combine chicken pieces, vegetable oil, and salt in a big bowl. Mix well and let marinate for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Mix all the ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl.
• Add the beaten egg into the bowl with the chicken. Stir to mix well. Add cornstarch. Stir to coat the chicken, until it forms an uneven coating with a little dry cornstarch left unattached.
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat until hot. Add chicken all at once and spread out into a single layer in the skillet. Separate chicken pieces with a pair of tongs or chopsticks.
• Cook without touching the chicken for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the bottom turns golden. Flip to brown the other side, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer chicken to a big plate and remove the pan from the stove. Let cool for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Wipe the extra oil from the pan using a few layers of paper towel held in a pair of tongs, leaving about 1 tablespoon of oil in the pan. Add the garlic, ginger, and the white part of the green onion. Stir fry a few seconds to release the aroma.
• Stir the sauce again to thoroughly dissolve the cornstarch.
• Add the chicken back into the pan and pour in the sauce. Stir to mix well.
• Transfer to a plate, garnish with the green part of the green onion, and serve hot over steamed rice. You can add some steamed vegetables on the side to add some color to the dish.

HONEY CHILLI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Make the sauce by whisking together all the ingredients along with 4 tablespoons cold water. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, toss the chicken pieces with the vegetable oil and sea salt. Stir the egg into the chicken, then add the flour and the cornflour and stir with a metal spoon until the chicken is well coated.
• Heat enough oil to just cover the bottom of a large wok or frying pan over a medium-high heat. Once the oil is shimmering, add the chicken pieces in batches and fry for a few minutes on each side until golden. Set the chicken aside to drain on a plate lined with kitchen paper.
• Discard all the oil in the pan and carefully wipe it clean with another piece of kitchen paper. Return the pan to a medium heat and gently fry the garlic, ginger and chilli in a teaspoon of oil for about a minute until fragrant. Return the chicken to the pan and stir in the sauce. Bring the sauce to a simmer and allow it to bubble away for a minute or so until it has thickened slightly and is coating the chicken.
• Serve immediately, with the chopped spring onions sprinkled over the top.

VERY FLAVOURFUL CHINESE HONEY CHILLI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Wash and dry the chicken pieces.
• Cut into 1 inch sized cubes.
• Marinate the chicken pieces in a mixture of 1 Tablespoon soy sauce, salt, egg and 1 Tablespoon cornflour for 10 minutes.
• Peel and crush garlic finely.
• Remove stems, wash and chop the green chillies finely.
• Heat oil in a wok.
• Deep fry the chicken pieces in hot oil till light brown.
• Drain and keep aside.
• De-stem and break red chillies into two.
• Grind these alongwith vinegar in a blender to obtain a paste; keep aside.
• Heat a Tablespoon of oil in a wok.
• Add garlic and green chillies.
• Stir-fry for a few seconds.
• Add soy sauce.
• Mix well.
• Add sugar, black pepper powder and red chilli paste.
• Add a cup of water.
• Stir well.
• Add the fried chicken pieces and mix well.
• Add the remaining cornstarch after dissolving it in half a cup of water.
• Stir in honey.
• Cook for 5 more minutes.
• Remove from heat and serve hot with Chinese fried rice or Vegetarian Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice) (Recipe Number:44512).

CHILLI CHICKEN WITH HONEY & SOY

Steps:

• Put a kettle of water on to boil. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a wok, tip in the chicken and give it a good stir. Leave it to cook over a high heat while you quarter, seed and slice the pepper. Throw the pepper into the wok when it's ready and stir. Quickly trim the roots from the spring onions (hold them as a bunch and slice off in one go), then cut off the bulbs with a generous length of stem (don't throw away the green leaves). Add the onion bulbs to the pan and stir - by now the chicken should be starting to turn from pink to white.
• Pour boiling water over the rice noodles in a bowl and leave to soak.
• Spoon the chilli, soy and honey into the wok, then continue cooking while you slice the cabbage into thick strips - slice them as a stack and remove the white spines first if they're tough. Pile on top of the chicken, cover and cook for a minute or so more while you slice the reserved spring onion leaves and roughly chop the coriander. Toss these into the wok and stir well. Serve with the drained rice noodles.

CHILLI CHICKEN - CHINESE STYLE

Steps:

• Make a batter with the'Marinade' ingredients.
• Put chicken pieces into it and mix well.
• Set aside for 1/2 hour.
• Heat oil, about 2 inches deep, in a wok/frypan.
• Fry chicken pieces, in batches of 6-8 pieces, till cooked through (approx 7-8 mins for each batch).
• Drain fried chicken on a paper towel.
• When all the chicken pieces are fried, remove oil from the pan, letting about 2 tablespoons remain in it.
• In a small bowl mix together cornstarch and water.
• Put back the wok on fire and heat the 2 tblsps of oil.
• Add green chillies, garlic, green pepper and shallot and stir fry for 30 secsonds.
• Pour in soya sauce and vinegar; give it two three quick whisks and immediately add the cornstarch-water mixture.
• The sauce will thicken; if you find it too thick, add some more water.
• When the bubbles appear, add the fried chicken pieces.
• Add salt and a pinch of MSG (if using).
• Stir fry chicken for 2 minutes and remove from fire.
• Serve hot with chinese fried rice/plain rice or noodles.

HONEY CHILLI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Dice chicken and coat lightly with flour which has been seasoned with salt.
• Fry chicken in batches in hot oil until golden brown or until chicken is cooked through.
• Remove from oil, drain on paper towels.
• Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Pour off excess oil leaving one tablespoon of oil in pan.
• Add ginger to pan, saute gently one minute.
• Add honey, stir for one minute.
• Add combined cornflour, water, chilli sauce, lemon juice and soy sauce.
• Stir until sauce boils and thickens.
• Add chicken pieces, toss in sauce for three minutes or until chicken is heated through.
• Add sliced shallots, cook for a further minute.
• Serve with rice or chinese noodles.