Hot Honey Chicken (Indian Style) & Update regarding 'The Master Chef Contest'

Honey chicken is one among the favorites for many chicken lovers. Basically it is a Chinese style recipe with a sweet flavor and some mild spices, but we Indians are addicted to spicy recipes especially me and my hubby. So adding some spices really made this recipe yummy and spicier. Not much spices, just the addition of red chillies itself makes it hot enough. Using skinless chicken avoids obesity and cholesterol problems, because the skin contains about 70% of the cholesterol. I have made this version in my own style, am a chicken lover and so I can never go wrong with chicken recipes. You and your kids will love it, just try once. Serve it as side-dish for fried rice, pulao, and Indian bread varieties. You can try new versions or use mushrooms or cauliflower to substitute chicken. Lets see what is required and how to prepare it.

INGREDIENTS

(Serves 3)

1. Chicken - 300 grams (Preferably boneless pieces)
2. Capsicum - 1/4 cup (diced/chopped)
3. Honey - 3.5 spoons
4. Soya sauce - 1 spoon + 1 spoon
5. Red chilli sauce - 1 spoon + 1 spoon 
6. Red chillies - 6 (For making red chilli paste)
7. Red chilli powder - 1 spoon
8. Pepper powder - 1/4 spoon
9. Baking powder - 2 pinches
10. Ginger-Garlic paste - 1 spoon + 1/2 spoon
11. Corn flour - 4 spoons 
12. All purpose flour / Maida - 4 spoons
13. Salt - As per taste
14. Oil - As required

PREPARATION  METHOD

• Wash chicken pieces well in water and chop into medium sized cubes and set aside. (Boneless pieces preferred to get it cooked soon)
• Soak red chillies in hot water for 30 minutes and make a paste of it (red chilli paste) and set aside.
• Meanwhile, make a thick batter of the following with consistency similar to dosa batter and set aside.

(Flour Batter)

1. Corn flour - 4 spoons

2. All purpose flour / Maida - 4 spoons

3. Ginger-Garlic paste - 1 spoon

4. Baking powder - 2 pinches

5. Salt - As per taste

• Now make the marinade for chicken. Make a paste of the following;

(Honey Paste)

1. Honey - 3 spoons

2. Red chilli powder - 1 spoon

3. Pepper powder - 1/4 spoon

4. Soya sauce - 1 spoon

5. Red chilli sauce - 1 spoon 

6. Salt - As per taste 

• Marinate the chicken with the prepared marinade paste (honey paste) for an hour. 
• Then dip the marinated chicken pieces in the flour batter and deep fry the pieces on low flame until it turns golden dark brown and crisp. Set aside. This may take a maximum of 10 minutes time. (Chopping into smaller pieces makes it get cooked soon)

• In a pan/wok add 2 spoons of oil, add 1/2 spoon ginger garlic paste and saute well until the raw smell leaves.
• Then add a spoon of soya sauce, a spoon of prepared red chilli paste, red chilli sauce, 1/2 spoon of honey,  little water and mix well.
• Add diced capsicum and saute well.
• Add a pinch of salt and add the fried chicken pieces and saute well.
• Set on low flame close the pan with a lid and cook for 2 mins.
• Remove from flame and serve.

TIP 1: Add a pinch of Ajinomoto if necessary while making the final saute.

TIP 2: If you don't want too much of spiciness avoid red chilli paste.

TIP 3: Add egg white while making the flour batter to make it more tastier.

TIP 4: Add minced or chopped ginger and garlic while making the final saute instead of adding ginger garlic paste if you wish. If you are going to add ginger-garlic paste be careful, because it will splutter.

TIP 5: We are going to use only a spoon of red chilli paste we have prepared, so the rest can be stored and used in other gravies. Also increase or decrease the spiciness according to your taste.

Yummy and Spicy Hot Honey Chicken is now ready!! Its a real treat for chicken lovers and kids!! Enjoy with your favorite rice variety or bread variety!! Enjoy a home-made healthier restaurant style preparation this weekend :)

Update regarding 'The Master chef contest'

Almost 50% has been completed with the selection of winner for the contest and will announce the winners this coming week. I have sent a mail regarding this to all the participants. But some of the participant's e-mail id seems be wrong. Certain mail ids are giving back a failure notice to receive my mail. Please do send me a mail if you have not got a mail. Even if you have got a mail please send me an acknowledgement e-mail (click here to send me a mail), saying that you have received the mail. Also I have chosen extra awards for various categories etc. There is a tough competition between many yummy recipes. Am putting in a lot of effort to chose the best recipes. Hope I do my best to select the winner.

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