Very Flavourful Chinese Honey Chilli Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

500 g chicken, boneless
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 egg
1/2 cup cornstarch or 1/2 cup cornflour
4 -5 cloves garlic
2 -3 green chilies
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon black pepper
salt
1 tablespoon oil, and to fry
4 -6 whole red chilies
1 tablespoon vinegar
2 tablespoons honey

Preparation

Wash and dry the chicken pieces.
Cut into 1 inch sized cubes.
Marinate the chicken pieces in a mixture of 1 Tablespoon soy sauce, salt, egg and 1 Tablespoon cornflour for 10 minutes.
Peel and crush garlic finely.
Remove stems, wash and chop the green chillies finely.
Heat oil in a wok.
Deep fry the chicken pieces in hot oil till light brown.
Drain and keep aside.
De-stem and break red chillies into two.
Grind these alongwith vinegar in a blender to obtain a paste; keep aside.
Heat a Tablespoon of oil in a wok.
Add garlic and green chillies.
Stir-fry for a few seconds.
Add soy sauce.
Mix well.
Add sugar, black pepper powder and red chilli paste.
Add a cup of water.
Stir well.
Add the fried chicken pieces and mix well.
Add the remaining cornstarch after dissolving it in half a cup of water.
Stir in honey.
Cook for 5 more minutes.
Remove from heat and serve hot with Chinese fried rice or Vegetarian Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice) (Recipe Number:44512).