If you love honey chicken, I am sure you love Chinese food, be it takeout or buffets. I just can’t get enough of crispy chicken fried on the stove top and covered in a sweet and savory honey sauce. It’s finger licking good!
How to Make Honey Chicken
Homemade Honey Chicken is one of the easiest Chinese recipes to make at home. You will need a few key ingredients: chicken breast meat and honey, salt and apple cider vinegar for the honey glaze. I have an amazing restaurant-quality batter recipe that makes the chicken super crispy and airy (non-greasy). After deep-frying, the chicken cubes will be mixed with the sauce and topped with sesame seeds.
Honey Dipped Chicken
My recipe is very versatile. You can make it like the pictures, having the crispy chicken already coated with the honey sauce. It can be converted into an appetizer if you serve the chicken and honey sauce separately. The sauce can be made in advance and keep in the refrigerator. You can also double or triple the portion so you always have it handy. To serve, just pick up the chicken and dip into the honey dressing.
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Louis
Wow, what a mouthwatering and good looking chinese chicken plate..good photos too!wink!
lisa
I made this chicken and it was GREAT! easy to make and everyone loved it!!!!
Lily
Ho long does it take to cook this ???
Peter
Around 30 minutes + an hour if you let chicken stay in the batter, but I put it on the pan almost straight away and it was just fine.
Kim Hayes via Facebook
Sharing and wow, looks good. What I LOVE about the recipes you post is the fact that it doesn’t take rocket science to make them and you don’t have to go to a speicality store to buy anything. A lot of things can be found at any grocery store or at (abet over priced) Whole Foods).
Lens Lucas via Facebook
Must be delicious indeed.
Jun
My favorite is deep-fried stuff, of course! I like to pretend I like the healthy stuff, steamed or stir-fried, but I would definitely reach out for the deep-fried food when no one’s looking! It is the first time I see batter recipe with addition of oil. Can’t wait to try this one.
Rasa Malaysia
Jun – yes, I always add some oil to the frying batter. It makes it easier to fry. :)
janmaus
Your recipes are so much better than take out–lovely fresh chicken lightly glazed and completely unlike the chicken surrounded with cornstarch glop that describes any of the variations available in my small town. I’m giving this to my grandchildren tonight.
Kevin (Closet Cooking)
This honey chicken sounds really good!
Nang Weranung Chuan
Dear Editor,
Any bookstore selling your recipe book besides Amazon.com ? I prefer to buy direct from bookstore.
Thank you.
Sherry
Paul and I made this for dinner tonight, and it turned out nicely. The batter and honey garlic sauce were especially good. We served it with brown rice and broccolini salad.
Sarah
Hi
I made this the other night and it was delicious! Is there an alternative recipe for making the chicken batter really crispy like in the Chinese restaurants?
Thanks a lot!
Michelle T.
I just made this for dinner tonight and it was SO good. My family devoured every last bite – there wasn’t a single bit leftover!!
Noor D
Extremely easy recipe, if I could mange it as well as I did!! My husband loved it, plus the ingredients are so simple!I’m so glad iv found this page, waiting for a chance to try some of the other recipes!
Cathy Tran
can I use the black pepper instead of white pepper…. is that okay if they taste of different…?
Rasa Malaysia
OK
Amy
I am new to your blog (just 3 days ago) after googling hard and love it instantly! Being someone who just moved to Perth (I’m from KL, Msia), and missing mom’s home cook meals, your recipes really a big help to me to cook all by myself and for my hubby too. I tried out this dish and the Shrimps with Curry Leaves (so difficult to find fresh curry leaves in Perth!) last night – what a perfect meal and we love the batter and texture. Easy steps to follow and the taste is fantastic! Thank you! ;) Unfortunately I couldn’t find your recipe book in Perth and it’s not in stock in all major bookstores back in KL. Anyway, can’t wait to try the Sweet and Sour Pork and Chili Crab next! Btw, would you know any other good chili sauce brands other than Lingham’s? We used Lingham’s back in KL too but I just couldn’t find it in Perth. Oh yes, all your recipes are suitable for how many pax? Thanks again and regards.
Rasa Malaysia
Any chili sauce is fine. Usually for 2-3 pax.
steve
Realy good cooking ive cooked asian dishes for a while, but this just shows me that im not that good.You realy have some amazing recipes,Although i do cook a good tia curry many thanks
steve
Fion
May I know what honey u using?
Rasa Malaysia
Any honey is fine.
Alice
What can I use to replace apple cider vinegar?
Rasa Malaysia
Vinegar.
Nkauj Ntxhee Lauj
Loveeeeeeee this recipe! My family loves it too! The batter seems great to use to deep fry almost any meat. The honey sauce is lightly sweet and yummy. I will definitely make this again!
latoya norman
i love honey chicken and wants to know how to make this at home as well, and i want to know this why, is that when we go to the chinese restaurant and order this their sauce is red, is there another ingredient that they put in their food to turn it this color because honey is a brown looking color i want to know what it is thank you for your input.
Rose
Yumm, might make this for dinner. I can leave the wine out right?
Rasa Malaysia
Yes.
karen
Recipe: Honey Chicken
How much is
1/2 cup all-purpose flour = gm?
1/4 cup cornstarch = gm?
1/2 cup water, ice cold = ml?
1/3 cup pure honey = ml?
Thank you.
New to kitchen
Can i leave out The vineger n wine..?
Rasa Malaysia
Yes but not as great.
Vivian
Hi, I’m allergic to apples. Is there a substitute for the apple cider vinegar?
Rasa Malaysia
You can use other type of vinegar.
Les
Very easy to do ,and taste great .
Alya
I love your recipe, it looks really cool and easy to do.
I wonder if you could recommend an alternative to the sherry wine or any alcohol in your recipe.
Thank you.
Best,
Alya
Rasa Malaysia
Yes you can use dry sherry for the marinade but lesser.
mekko
I am literally eating this while writing this! It was simple to prepare, and is tasting delicious. My only other experience with honey chicken was a barely palatable version from a local Chinese place, and I think this recipe beats it soundly.
Leslie
Can you recommend a non alcoholic substitute for the wine/sherry please? Is it ok to omit it altogether?
Rasa Malaysia
You can opt out.
madeeha.ch9@gmail.com
Hey, sounds delicious. . But for the honey sauce is there a substitute for wine? Because im a muslim, can we omit the wine part?!
ThankYou!
Rasa Malaysia
Yes you can. :)
TonyaCronic
I love this recipe. The batter is so light and airy. Very good!
Rasa Malaysia
Thank you!
Carrie
I was wondering is there anything missing with the marinade. Does it only contain salt and white pepper?
Rasa Malaysia
The taste is in the honey sauce. The marinade just make the chicken a little salty.
Barbara Smith
Hi, I thought this was a good recipe but I advise reading the entire recipe first and making sure you have plenty of time to make it. I am not sure what I did wrong but the batter was like dough. Thank you for sharing. Barb
Rasa Malaysia
The frying batter is not supposed to be like dough, it should be runny. Did you measure wrongly?
Mickey
Can u tall me a bit about the history of the Chinese honey chicken thx
Mickey
Can u pls tell me a bit about the chinese history of the honey chicken thx bye
Shannon S.
I made this tonight for dinner and we all love it! I had one question though. In the sauce is there garlic or is that garlic used for the garlic oil in the pan only? I went ahead and minced some garlic in to the sauce and then used two additional cloves of garlic for the oil. Thank you so much for sharing such wonderful recipes! Anytime I want this type of food I always come here and haven’t been disappointed yet.
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Shannon, it doesn’t matter, whichever way you like is fine. Thanks for liking the Honey Chicken recipe.
Peggy
Tried out the recipe today. It was a great dish. We will definitely have it again!
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks Peggy for trying out the honey chicken recipe!
mia
Hi, I tried your kung pao recipe and it turns out really nice! thanks a lot!
Now I’d like to try out this honey chicken but I don’t understand the part “Place another bowl with ice cubes underneath the frying batter bowl.” In your frying batter ingredient list also showed ice cold water..thus making me confused..Can you help me pls?
Rasa Malaysia
You don’t have to do that part, it’s not necessary. That will make the batter extra crispy.
Aenun Nadifah
I’m sure it was very tasty. I can not wait to make, thanks :)
Melanie L
Hi! Can i use another flour? Like coconut, almond or chickpea? Thanks
Rasa Malaysia
I am not sure about those flour.
Gayle
I have made this and it was lovely. May I suggest you amend the method where you state to mix all sauce ingredients together yet further down you say add the garlic to the oil. If anyone is following the steps without reading the entire recipe first, they would have added the garlic to the sauce. ?
Rasa Malaysia
Ah thanks so much for letting me know. It was a mistake, it shouldn’t be placed under the Sauce. Thanks for letting me know!
Hungry Heather
Excellent. Definitely deserves all of the 5 star reviews. I will be making this again for my family!
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks for trying this honey chicken.
Percetakan Murah
Your Nice Post
Jena
I just made the sauce as I was trying to use up done premade chicken nuggets. The sauce was delicious!
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Jena, thanks for trying the honey chicken.
Lotus Food Gallery
amazing recipe i am going to try this recipe on this weekend thanks for sharing…