Food for thought: Honey Garlic Chicken

Yes! It is the famous Honey Garlic Chicken and most children’s favorite food everywhere especially at any mall food court. So, I am sharing this today with you all. Definitely, it is easy to make and delicious. The trick to have crispy fried chicken is to fry them twice.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 large chicken breasts cut into bite size cubes
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• vegetable oil to deep fry
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup potato or corn starch
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1/2 cup tomato ketchup
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 stalk green onions chopped for garnish

PREPARATIONS:

• Add salt and pepper to cubed chicken and marinate for at least 30 mins to an hour.
• On a deep frying pan, heat up oil on high medium
• Mix flour and starch and coat the chicken cubes
• When oil is hot and ready, drop chicken cubes and fry until golden brown
• Drain excess oil and let it set for about 5 minutes
• Reheat the oil and deep fry again the chicken for about 3-5 minutes or until brown and crispy
• Drain excess oil
• Mix ketchup, honey and soy sauce
• On a non stick pan, add the sesame oil and garlic, saute on high medium, stir constantly to avoid burning, until garlic is golden brown
• Add mixture and stir for about 2-3 minutes until boiling
• Add chicken and mix well
• Transfer to a serving dish
• Garnish with chopped onions
• Serve warm with steam rice

Enjoy…