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.