Very Flavourful Chinese Honey Chilli Chicken
From the Young Times magazine. This is Chef Sanjeev Kapoor's recipe.
INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 500
- 2tablespoons soy sauce
- 1
- 1⁄2
- 4 -5cloves garlic
- 2 -3
- 1teaspoon sugar
- 1teaspoon black pepper
- 1tablespoon oil, and to fry
- 4 -6whole red chilies
- 1tablespoon vinegar
- 2tablespoons honey
DIRECTIONS
- 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).