Crispy honey chicken

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This recipe serves 3-4

Ingredients

• 2 boneless chicken breasts ( 300 gm) – kept on the freezer to become firm.

Batter

• 2 egg whites ( discard yolk)
• 2 tbsp oil
• 6 tbsp cornflour
• 1 tsp salt\
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 1/4 tsp ajinomoto

Coating sauce

• 3 tbsp oil
• 2-3 dry red chilies -cut diagonally into 1 piece
• 2 spring onions – thickly sliced diagonally
• 2-3 tbsp honey

Mix together

• 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 1 tbsp chili oil
• 1/4  tsp white pepper
• 1/4 tsp ajinomoto ( optional )
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 1/4 salt

How to prepare

1. Cut the chicken breasts into very thin slices .
2. Mix all ingredients of the batter well till no lumps are visible
3. Add the chicken.
4. Deep fry in 2 batches till light golden and crispy.
5. When adding chicken to oil for frying , keep them spaced out and let each batch be in oil on low medium heat for about 4 minutes.  Do not over fry to make the coating brown or too crispy  as this  will turn the chicken hard and chewy.  Keep aside.
6. Add 3 tbsp in a pan .  Put red chilies and the whites of spring onion .  Stir 4-5 times. Reduce heat.
7. Mix tomato ketchup,chili oil ,salt, pepper ,ajinomoto and cornflour together in a bowl. Add to the onions.  Mix well.
8. Add chicken.  Add honey , mix!
9. Add about 1/.2 cup of greens of spring onions.