Chinese Honey Chicken Sauce
I decided to make another cheater version of a recipe from Blog Chef. This time it was Chinese Honey Chicken. I fried up some more of my popcorn chicken from Costco and topped it off with this sauce.
While cooking the sauce it looked a little thin so I added another teaspoon of cornstarch. I think that made the sauce a little too thick. It still worked, but I probably could of coated more chicken if I kept the sauce thinner.
If you are going to go the healthy route and use this sauce on already cooked of grilled chicken, I would add the extra teaspoon of cornstarch. Now in the picture on Blog Chef, her sauce looks nice and smooth. Mine had big pieces of garlic in it. I used minced garlic from a jar and I also used ground ginger for this. Not sure why his looks more smooth.
This sauce was great. I do think you need to be a garlic fan to eat it. The two flavors that prevail in the sauce are the garlic and honey. You get the zip from the garlic with the sweetness of the honey. We served with over rice.
- 1 ½ Tbsp oil
- 2 tsp ginger (minced)
- 2-3 Tbsp garlic (minced)
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 Tbsp honey
- 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
- ½ cup water
- 1 tsp cornstarch (mixed with 1 tsp water)
- Sesame seeds (for garnish)
- Heat 1 ½ Tbsp of oil in your wok or sauce pan. Add garlic and ginger and stir fry for 30 seconds. Add salt, honey, vinegar, and water. Mix well. Combine 1 tsp of water with 1 tsp of cornstarch. Add to the sauce and Simmer for 2 minutes.
- Coat cooked popcorn chicken with the sauce and serve over rice.
This is the original photo from this post. The above photo was updated in May 2016.
8 comments on “Chinese Honey Chicken Sauce”
Hi just wondering how much chicken this recipe can coat?
WOW (impressed look). Your version looks so yummy.
Here I bought a sauce pack for mapo tofu so as to skip all the seasonings! and i will try this friday after work.
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WOW this looks great! I’ve been searching for different chinese sauces to try out and I can’t wait to try this one! thanks so much for sharing. this is my first time visiting your blog and I’ve subscribed via google reader to keep up with your recipes!
This looks great Laura! Congrats on being featured in that article in the SL Trib. Very cool!
That looks delicious!
Umm it reminds me a bit like sesame chicken. Thanks for sharing I love making chinese at home.
Looks good Laura! Love your new look on the blog. Your italian pot roast sandwiches are calling my name. I can’t wait to try them. Thanks!