Quarantine Diaries: Sesame Honey Chicken.

Sesame Honey Chicken:

A tasty blend of sweet and sour flavours. Usually made in chicken, the sweet tastes comes from s suitable amount of honey. One of my favourite from the Chinese menu. Here i'll be sharing my version of the recipe. Hope you enjoy it.

Ingredients:

For the Chicken Marination:

• 1/2 kg chicken boneless cut into small cubes.
• 1 tsp of salt.
• 1 tsp red chilli flakes.
• 1 tsp black/white pepper.
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder

For the coating of Chicken.

• 1 egg.
• 2 cups of all purpose flour.

For the Sauce Making:

• 3-4 tbsp oil.
• 1 tbsp garlic cloves chopped.
• 1/2 tsp salt.
• 1/4th tsp black pepper.
• 1/2 tsp chicken powder.
• 3 tbsp hot sauce ( i used hot habanero sauce)
• 3 tbsp of chilli garlic sauce.
• 3 tbsp of soy sauce.
• 3 tbsp honey.

For garnishing:

• sesame seeds 1 tbsp.
• green onions sliced

Method:

1. Marinate the chicken with the chicken marination ingredients mentioned above and keep it aside for about 20 minutes.
2. Next for the coating, first take one chunk of chicken and coat it in all purpose flour, then dip it in the egg mixture and again coat it with all purpose flour, that makes two coats of all purpose flour.
3. Coat all the chicken cubes and fry in oil until golden brown.
4. After frying the chicken chunks pat them dry with help of kitchen roll. 
5. Now for the sauce, first in oil add in the garlic, when the garlic turns golden add in the all the sauce making ingredients except for the honey.
6. Let the sauce cook for about 3 minutes, after that add in the honey, when the sauce thickens add in the chicken chunks, cook for 2 minutes and don't over cook at this point because the dish looks best saucy and when the chicken isn't soggy.
7. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds.
8. Serve with boiled rice or spaghetti.
9. Enjoy! 

Enjoy!

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