Crispy Chilli Chicken
This is an ideal treat when you want a Chinese meal. To feed four hungry people it costs around the same as a single portion from the take-away, and it isn't difficult to prepare even though there are a few steps to go through.
Ingredients
4 Chicken breasts
3 tbsp flour
Salt and pepper
2 cm piece of ginger, grated
1 Red chilli (or 2)
3 Large spring onions, chopped into 2 cm pieces
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
Juice of a large lemon
3 level tsp cornflour
80 m water
Oil for frying
Method
Step 1
Cut the chicken into small strips Coat in seasoned flour Deep fry and set aside
Step 2
Chop the onion and chilli and deseed the chilli, grate the ginger
Step 3
Mix the rest of the ingredients in a separate bowl Start to fry the chilli, onion and ginger and add the mixed remaining ingredients. Finally add the fried chicken, serve.
Listen to the Crispy Chilli Podcast