Honey Chili Eggs: An Irresistible Indochinese Starter

We all love Chinese food! Don’t you? Kids are the choosiest person and even they are fond of Chinese. Lip smacking Honey Chili Eggs are perfect side dish with lunch menu too. The snack gives a much needed break from the customary food attempts. The distinct blend of honey’s sweetness and spiciness of chilies is a treat to your taste buds. Honey glazed eggs topped with spring onion greens make it all the more intriguing.

Honey Chili Egg is an immaculate Chinese dish that grownups and kids enjoy alike. Eggs are essential for growth of children. They are an excellent source of protein, vitamin D, B6, B12 and minerals. With many beauty benefits egg is a star ingredient in a woman’s kitchen too!

A beginner’s level aptitude in cooking is enough to prepare this crisp batter fried egg dish. Basic yet beautiful and mouth watering recipe to follow

No. of Servings: 3

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

Honey: 1  Tbsp

Red Chili Sauce: 2 Tbsp

Soya Sauce: 2 Tsp

Dried Red Chillies: 2 No.s

Eggs (Hard Boiled and quartered): 4 No.s

Cornflour: 2 Tbsp

Refined Flour (Maida): 2 Tsp

Salt: As per taste

Oil: 2 Tbsp

Garlic (chopped): 4-5 cloves

Ginger (chopped): 1 Tbsp

Spring Onion with Bulbs & Greens: 2 No.s

Lemon Juice: 1 ½ Tsp

Method

For Honey Chili Sauce:

  • Heat oil in a wok
  • Make a slurry of remaining cornstarch & water. Mix well.
  • Add garlic to the hot oil & sauté well till the raw smell goes away. Add ginger & sauté for one more minute.
  • Now add spring onion bulbs & sauté. Add little water, soya sauce & broken red chilies. Mix well and add salt. Bring to a boil.
  • Add dissolved cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce, mix well, add honey & mix again.
  • Add lemon juice and mix well.
  • Cook for a minute, switch off heat & add some spring onion greens in the end. Mix well.

For the Crisp Eggs:

Combine all the dry ingredients, refined flour, salt and 1 tbsp cornflour in a bowl. Make a thick batter with normal water.

Heat sufficient oil for deep frying in a wok

Coat the eggs in the batter & crisp fry in hot oil. Take out on an absorbent paper to drain off the excess oil.

Toss the crisp fried eggs in honey chili sauce.

Presentation:

Serve hot and garnish with some more spring onion greens.

Notes:

  • Eggs can be replaced with potatoes, chicken or cottage cheese.
  • The dish can be served as a main course, starter or a side dish.
  • Serve with egg fried rice or noodles.

Nutritional value:

Serving Size:  83g

Calories: 111

Fat: 6g

Carbohydrates: 10g

Sugar: 5g

Fiber: 1g

Protein: 5g

Cholesterol: 124mg

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