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Very Flavourful Chinese Honey Chilli Chicken
 
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Prep Time: 60 Minutes
Cook Time: 60 Minutes
Ready In: 120 Minutes
Servings: 4
From the Young Times magazine. This is Chef Sanjeev Kapoor's recipe.
Ingredients:
500 g chicken, boneless
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 egg
1/2 cup cornstarch or 1/2 cup cornflour
4 -5 cloves garlic
2 -3 green chilies
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon black pepper
salt
1 tablespoon oil, and to fry
4 -6 whole red chilies
1 tablespoon vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
Directions:
1. Wash and dry the chicken pieces.
2. Cut into 1 inch sized cubes.
3. Marinate the chicken pieces in a mixture of 1 Tablespoon soy sauce, salt, egg and 1 Tablespoon cornflour for 10 minutes.
4. Peel and crush garlic finely.
5. Remove stems, wash and chop the green chillies finely.
6. Heat oil in a wok.
7. Deep fry the chicken pieces in hot oil till light brown.
8. Drain and keep aside.
9. De-stem and break red chillies into two.
10. Grind these alongwith vinegar in a blender to obtain a paste; keep aside.
11. Heat a Tablespoon of oil in a wok.
12. Add garlic and green chillies.
13. Stir-fry for a few seconds.
14. Add soy sauce.
15. Mix well.
16. Add sugar, black pepper powder and red chilli paste.
17. Add a cup of water.
18. Stir well.
19. Add the fried chicken pieces and mix well.
20. Add the remaining cornstarch after dissolving it in half a cup of water.
21. Stir in honey.
22. Cook for 5 more minutes.
23. Remove from heat and serve hot with Chinese fried rice or Vegetarian Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice) (Recipe Number:44512).
By RecipeOfHealth.com