Honey chilli chicken

Name: Honey chilli chicken
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 skinless boneless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces; 1 tbsp vegetable oil, plus extra for frying; ½ tsp sea salt; 1 large free-range egg, beaten; 60g/2¼oz plain flour; 25g/1oz cornflour; 1 large garlic clove, very finely chopped; 3–4cm/1–1½in fresh root ginger, peeled and grated; 1 red chilli, thinly sliced; 2 large spring onions, roughly chopped; 2 tbsp runny honey; 1 tsp dark soy sauce; 1 tsp Shaoxing rice wine, or dry sherry; ½ tsp toasted sesame oil; ½ lime, juice only

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Prep:30minCook:30min

This sticky, crunchy, just spicy enough Chinese-style honey chilli chicken is quicker, tastier and healthier than anything you could order from the takeaway. Each serving provides 802 kcal, 70g protein, 53g carbohydrate (of which 19g sugars), 33g fat (of which 8.4g saturates), 3.3g fibre and 1.2g salt.

Updated at: Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:08:18 GMT