Hong Sue Chicken
A classic dish that has been China's best-kept secret for centuries, Hong Sue Chicken is a wonderful dish featuring a lot of stir-fried vegetables, mushrooms and a sweet and salty sauce!
Ingredients
Chicken:
- 2 chicken breasts boneless, skinless, cut into bitesize chunks
- 60 g plain flour
- 60 g cornflour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 150 ml water
- vegetable oil about 150ml, for frying
Vegetables:
- 1 small brown onion cut into 6 wedges
- 100 g button mushrooms halved or quartered
- 50 g carrots cut into thin strips
- 50 g baby corn halved lenghtways
- 50 g broccoli florets cut into bite-size pieces
- 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
- 10 g root ginger finely chopped
- 4 tablespoon water
Sauce:
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar or sherry
- 120 g oyster sauce
- ½ teaspoon brown sugar optional (skip if your oyster sauce is sweet)
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- 4 tablespoon water
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, cornflour, baking powder and a pinch of salt. Add the water and mix into a smooth batter.
- Add the chicken pieces into the batter and mix to coat everything evenly. The batter will be thin and will only coat the chicken lightly.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan. Once hot, add the chicken and cook for 8-10 minutes, until the chicken is crispy on the outside, and fully cooked through.
- Take the chicken out of the pan onto a paper towel-lined to absorb any excess oil.
- Wipe the pan clean and heat 1 tablespoon of oil. Add the onions and broccoli and fry for a minute on high heat. Then add mushrooms, carrots and baby corn alongside garlic and ginger and stir-fry for a minute. Add 4 tablespoon of water and swiftly put a lid on and let the vegetables cook for 2 minutes.
- Take the lid off and let any excess water evaporate. Then add the vinegar, oyster sauce, sugar and sesame oil to the pan and stir.
- In a small bowl, mix cornflour with water. Pour the mixture over the vegetables and stir until you have a slightly thickened sauce. If the sauce thickens too much, just add an extra splash of water.
- Place the chicken on a large plate, pour the vegetables in hong sue sauce all over and serve with rice or noodles.
Nutrition
Calories: 635kcalCarbohydrates: 80gProtein: 56gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 145mgSodium: 2155mgPotassium: 1389mgFiber: 5gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 4467IUVitamin C: 34mgCalcium: 200mgIron: 4mg
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