Spicy Honey Chicken
Spicy Honey Chicken recipe - This is the Malay version of a Chinese sweet and sour chicken. This dish has very little sauce or gravy unlike a curry or sambal dish.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 327kcal
Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs bone in (with skin on)
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1-2 teaspoons curry powder any kind
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- water
- cooking oil for deep frying
Sauce:
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 inch (2.5cm) fresh ginger 2 cm
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon chili paste either homemade or bought
- 3 tablespoons tomato ketchup
- 11/4 tablespoons honey
- 4-5 tablespoons water
- 1 lime juiced optional
- 1 large onion sliced into rings
Instructions
- Combine Turmeric powder, curry powder and salt with a little water to mix into a thick-ish slurry. Coat the chicken pieces with it evenly, and deep fry the chicken pieces in a large wok or pan until cooked through and golden brown. Keep aside. Throw off most of the oil from the wok or pan, leaving about 2-3 tablespoons behind.
- Pound or grate the garlic and ginger. Saute the paste in the 2-3 tablespoons of oil left behind in the wok or pan until fragrant. Add tomato sauce, chili paste, curry powder and honey and stir to combine. Add water to loosen up the mixture. Add salt to taste.
- Add the deep fried chicken pieces and stir to mix so that the chicken pieces get well coated with the sauce. Add the onion rings. Let simmer for about 5-10 minutes until the onion rings soften, and the chicken pieces have absorbed some of the sauce. Add the lime juice. You may add a little more water if it gets a little dry.
Nutrition
Serving: 4people | Calories: 327kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 110mg | Sodium: 629mg | Sugar: 15g