Honey and soy chicken

Honey and Soy chicken

This dish tops all the Chinese dishes I have attempted at home.  It's also very easy to make meaning you can even have a go making it during the week and really is delicious.


Ingredients:
400g chicken breast cut into bite sized chunks
1 cup corn starch

1/2 cup runny honey
2/3 cup chicken stock (low salt)
3 tbs soy sauce
2 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp white vinegar
1 small onion finely chopped
1 clove garlic finely chopped
1 tsp grated ginger
1 tbs corn starch plus 1 1/2 tbs water
Vegetable oil to fry
1 tsp baking powder
2 large eggs beaten
1 tbs sesame seeds
2 green onions chopped

Method:
Mix chicken stock, soy sauce, honey, ginger, garlic, onion and  vinegar together and bring to a boil
Mix the 1 tbs of corn starch with the water and mix well, add to the honey mixture, reduce heat and and cook for about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and cover to keep warm.

Add baking powder and corn starch together and mix well.
Dip the chicken pieces into the beaten egg then coat with the corn starch.
Pour oil into a skillet or heavy based pan (oil should be around 2/3 of the skillet)  and heat.
When oil is very hot; drop 1/3 of the chicken pieces into the pan and fry for 4-6 minutes. Continue with the rest if the chicken until all has been cooked.

Add the fried chicken to the reserved sauce and cook on low heat for about 3 minutes making sure that all the chicken pieces are coated well in the sauces.

Enjoy with some egg fried rice.