Honey Chile Chicken Recipes

HONEY CHILLI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Dice chicken and coat lightly with flour which has been seasoned with salt.
• Fry chicken in batches in hot oil until golden brown or until chicken is cooked through.
• Remove from oil, drain on paper towels.
• Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Pour off excess oil leaving one tablespoon of oil in pan.
• Add ginger to pan, saute gently one minute.
• Add honey, stir for one minute.
• Add combined cornflour, water, chilli sauce, lemon juice and soy sauce.
• Stir until sauce boils and thickens.
• Add chicken pieces, toss in sauce for three minutes or until chicken is heated through.
• Add sliced shallots, cook for a further minute.
• Serve with rice or chinese noodles.

HONEY-CHIPOTLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Blend honey, garlic, and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce together in a food processor until smooth.
• Place chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker and mix in honey-chipotle sauce.
• Cook in the slow cooker on Low for 5 hours.
• Transfer chicken to a bowl and shred using 2 forks. Return chicken to the slow cooker and stir in black beans.
• Continue to cook on Low until cooked through, about 30 minutes more.

HONEY CHILI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Remove giblets from chicken and discard.
• Rinse chicken and cut into small serving-size pieces.
• Combine flour and salt.
• Coat chicken pieces with flour mixture.
• Heat oil in wok to 375ºF.
• Add chicken pieces, one at a time, to hot oil (cook only 1/3 of the pieces at a time).
• Cook until golden, about 5 minutes.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Pour all but 1 tablespoon of the oil out of wok.
• Combine water, lemon juice, cornstarch, chili sauce and soy sauce.
• Add ginger to oil in wok.
• Stir-fry 1 minute.
• Add honey to ginger.
• Cook and stir 1 minute.
• Add cornstarch-chili mixture to honey and ginger.
• Cook and stir until mixture boils, about 1 minute.
• Stir chicken pieces into chili mixture.
• Cook and stir until chicken is hot throughout, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in onions.
• Cook and stir 1 minute.

CHILE-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH HONEY, LEMON AND FETA

Steps:

• Season chicken all over with salt and pepper. In a large bowl, mix together garlic, honey, olive oil and 1/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes. Add chicken and toss well with your hands, spreading the garlic paste all over the chicken pieces. (Don't worry if the honey is a little clumpy.) Add rosemary sprigs and lemon slices and toss to combine. Let marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes, or up to 8 hours in the refrigerator.
• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Line a sheet pan with a silicone liner or parchment paper.
• Spread chicken and lemons across a single layer in the lined pan, tucking in the rosemary sprigs. Drizzle oil generously over everything. Roast for 20 minutes.
• Using tongs, turn over the chicken pieces, and give the lemons a stir. Sprinkle feta on top. Continue to bake for 20 to 25 minutes longer, until the chicken is deeply bronzed and cooked through, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh or drumstick registers 165 degrees. Serve garnished with chopped herbs and more red-pepper flakes, if you like.

GRILLED SPATCHCOCKED CHICKEN WITH HONEY, CHILE AND LEMON

Steps:

• The day before cooking, spatchcock and season the chicken: Remove the spindly wing tips by cutting through the first wing joint with heavy-duty kitchen scissors. Lay the chicken breast side down. Using the scissors again, snip along both sides of the spine to remove it. (Reserve or freeze the spine for stock.) Open up the chicken and flip it over, placing it breast up and with the legs toward you on your cutting board. With one palm on top of the other in the center of the breast, press down until you feel the cartilage crack and the bird lies flat.
• Use the tip of a sharp knife to make three parallel slices in each breast, then three in each leg; each incision should go down to the bone and be about 3 inches long. Rub the sea salt all over, including in the incisions, seasoning more heavily on the underside of the bird.
• In a small bowl, mix the juice of 2 1/2 lemons with the honey, oregano, chile flakes and pepper. Pour 1/3 cup of this marinade over the chicken and refrigerate the remaining marinade for grilling.
• Trim the ends of the 1/2 lemon, then slice it into 12 very thin half-moons and remove any seeds. Tuck the lemon slices into each of the incisions on the chicken, sliding the cut side in and leaving the peel exposed.
• Place the chicken on a rimmed baking sheet, breast side up, and refrigerate, uncovered, for at least 12 or up to 24 hours.
• Two hours before cooking the chicken, take it out of the fridge to come to room temperature.
• Prepare the grill: Clean the grate thoroughly and light the coals. The bird should cook over low, indirect heat. The coals are ready when they're gray and dusty, rather than glowing red.
• Place the bird on the grill, breast side down, discarding any liquid left behind. Watch your chicken like a hawk for the first few minutes and flip the bird if the skin starts to char. When the chicken is lightly colored, or after 10 minutes, flip it over and baste with the reserved marinade. Close the lid on the grill and cook for 40 to 50 minutes more, flipping and basting the chicken every 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the chickpeas: Using a mortar and pestle, crush the garlic, oregano and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt. When it's a chunky paste, stir in olive oil and lemon. In a large shallow serving bowl, toss the chickpeas with 1/4 cup dressing and season to taste with sea salt. (Reserve the remaining dressing for the chicken.)
• When the chicken has been cooking for 60 minutes, take its temperature: The meat should feel firm and an instant-read thermometer should read 165 degrees when inserted near the bone of the thickest part of the breast and leg. The chicken may need another 5 to 10 minutes grilling with the lid closed. If you want more char on the breast, cook breast side down; if there is enough color, continue to cook breast side up.
• Once the chicken is cooked, set it on top of the chickpeas. If you have any remaining baste, pour it over the bird. Let it rest for 10 minutes before carving on a cutting board.
• Use a large knife or cleaver to remove both thighs and legs. Separate both breasts, then cut each in half crosswise, creating 8 pieces. Place the chicken pieces back on the chickpeas and drizzle the chicken with the reserved oregano dressing. Cut the remaining lemon into quarters for squeezing on top, and dollop with Greek yogurt, if desired.

CRISPY HONEY CHILLI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut the chicken breast into strips, quite thinly, add some rock salt, black pepper and the flour to a bowl - coat the chicken. Set aside.
• Finely slice the ginger, cut the chilli into thin strips and remove the seeds.
• Get a wok and heat your Rapeseed/ Sunflower oil. You'll want a good amount to deep fry the chicken.
• Meanwhile, juice the lemon into a cup or bowl, add the chilli dipping sauce, soy sauce, water and cornflower and stir together. Leave to one side for now.
• Fry the chicken in batches for a few minutes in the hot oil until golden brown and remove to drain on paper towels. Repeat until all the chicken is looking ace!
• Discard all but about a tablespoon of the oil from the wok and gently fry the ginger and sliced chilli for a minute or so.
• Add the honey to the wok and stir whilst it is bubbling away for another minute. Then add the lemon juice, dipping sauce, soy sauce, water and cornflower. Keep stirring and bring to the boil, the sauce will thicken.
• Add the chicken to the wok to heat through for a few minutes, toss in the sauce to coat.
• Slice the spring onions into fancy diagonals and throw in the wok for the last minute - serve with rice. Boooooom!!

HONEY GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Whisk honey, soy sauce, and red pepper flakes in a bowl.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir chicken in hot oil until lightly brown, about 5 minutes. Pour honey mixture into skillet and continue to cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink in the center and sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes more.

HONEY ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Combine the remaining ingredients; pour over chicken., Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 22-26 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°, basting occasionally.