Honey Chilli Eggs is a delicious Chinese egg recipe where fried eggs are simmered in a honey chilli sauce. An easy and lip-smacking recipe cooked Chinese style!
Goodness of Eggs:
Eggs are packed with nutritional wonders and promote lasting health benefits. Protein-rich eggs contain 13 essential vitamins and minerals, besides essential omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants.
Honey Chilli Eggs Chinese Recipe:
Chinese Sweet and Spicy Eggs is a mouth-wateringly tasty egg recipe where crispy fried eggs are tossed in a delicious honey chilli flavoured sauce. Give this Chinese egg recipe a shot and you’ll be guaranteed the dish will become your favourite.
- For sweet and spicy glazed eggs, firstly boil the eggs in a pan until cooked well. Remove, cool and then de-shell the eggs.
- Then slice them into quarters, sprinkle a little corn flour over them and set aside.
- Meanwhile mix together corn flour, salt and pepper in a bowl.
- Then add water and make a smooth batter.
- Dip the quartered and corn-flour dusted eggs into the batter and coat well.
- Heat oil for deep frying. Gently drop the batter-coated eggs into the hot oil and fry to a golden brown.
- Remove the fried eggs with a slotted spoon onto a paper napkin. Keep aside.
- Now remove the excess oil from the pan, keeping just 1 tbsp in it.
- Toss in chopped dry red chilles, finely minced ginger and garlic. Saute for 30 seconds to allow the oil to soak up the flavours.
- Next add the chopped spring onion whites and stir well.
- Stir in red chilli sauce, soya sauce, lemon juice, honey and salt. Combine well.
- Slide in the fried egg slices and spring onion greens. Gently toss.
- Remove and serve this awesome Honey Chilli Eggs with Chowmein or Egg Fried Rice.
If you are looking for more Chinese dishes, then do try out Veg Hakka Noodles
Fried Eggs With Sweet and Spicy Glaze details below:
Honey Chilli Eggs
Honey Chilli Eggs Chinese style is a delightfully colourful and flavourful egg dish where batter-coated boiled eggs are deep fried and tossed in a seasoned chilli-honey sauce. Sweet and spicy egg recipe is quick, easy and ever so tasty!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- Garlic – 10 cloves, minced
- Ginger – 1 inch, minced
- Dry red chillies - 3, chopped
- Eggs – 4
- Spring Onions – 4
- Corn flour – 3 tbsp
- Pepper – 1/8th tsp
- Red Chilli Sauce – 2 tbsp
- Soya sauce – ½ tsp
- Lemon juice – ¼ tsp
- Honey – 1 tbsp
- Salt taste
- Oil – 1 tbsp + for deep frying
Instructions
- Hard boil the eggs. De-shell and quarter them. Dust some corn flour over the boiled eggs and set aside.
- Mince the ginger, garlic and finely chop the red chillies and spring onions.
- Heat oil for deep-frying.
- Mix corn flour, a pinch of salt and pepper in a bowl. Gradually add water and make a slurry. Dip the egg slices in the corn flour batter and ensure they are well-coated.
- Slowly release the cornflour-coated boiled eggs into the hot oil. Fry to a golden brown. Remove with a slotted spoon onto paper towels. Keep aside.
- Remove excess oil from the pan and retain just 1 tbsp oil. Season the oil with finely chopped dry red chillies, minced ginger and garlic. Sauté.
- Add the spring onion whites and stir fry for half a minute.
- Add red chilli sauce, soya sauce, lemon juice, honey and salt. Mix well.
- Add the fried eggs and gently toss. Sprinkle spring onion greens, stir and remove.
- Serve Chilli Honey Eggs with Chowmein or Egg Fried Rice.
