DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Australian Chinese Honey Chicken
Also known as: Chinese Takeaway Honey Chicken
Crisp battered chicken strips coated in a honey and soy sauce with sesame.
About Australian Chinese Honey Chicken
Honey chicken is an Australian Chinese restaurant favourite of battered chicken in a sweet sauce. Adam Liaw's recipe uses Kangaroo Island Ligurian honey, while expressly allowing another preferred honey.
Honey leads the flavour, balanced by rice vinegar and savoury soy sauce. Garlic, ginger and sesame oil add aromatic depth to the coating.
Strips of chicken have a crisp batter beneath the glossy sauce. Toasted sesame seeds finish the plate, adding small bursts of nutty flavour and crunch.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Sesame, Egg, Wheat (gluten), Soy.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Australian Chinese Honey Chicken
Adam Liaw's Australian Chinese classic honey chicken.
- Chicken breastProtein
- Oil for deep-frying and wok fryingCooking medium
- Toasted sesame seedsGarnish
- Egg whiteBinder · Alkaline batter
- Plain flourBinder · Alkaline batter
- Cornflour (cornstarch)Binder · Alkaline batter
- Bicarbonate of sodaSeasoning · Alkaline batter
- Cold waterLiquid · Alkaline batter
- SaltSeasoning · Alkaline batter
- GarlicAromatic · Honey sauce
- GingerAromatic · Honey sauce
- Ligurian honeySweetener · Honey sauce
- Rice vinegarSeasoning · Honey sauce
- Sesame oilSeasoning · Honey sauce
- Soy sauceSeasoning · Honey sauce
- Cornflour (cornstarch)Binder · Honey sauce
- WaterLiquid · Honey sauce
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Chicken breast: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.
- Oil for deep-frying and wok frying: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.. Source does not identify oil species or blend.
- Toasted sesame seeds: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.. Broader sesame seed candidate; toasted form retained.
- Egg white: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.
- Plain flour: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.. Normal Australian plain wheat flour identity; catalogue candidate is white wheat flour.
- Cornflour (cornstarch): Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.
- Bicarbonate of soda: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.
- Cold water: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.
- Salt: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.
- Garlic: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.
- Ginger: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.
- Ligurian honey: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.. Broader honey candidate; source specifies Kangaroo Island Ligurian honey, while allowing preferred honey.
- Rice vinegar: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.
- Sesame oil: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.
- Soy sauce: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.. Full product formula and any wheat unspecified.
- Cornflour (cornstarch): Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.
- Water: Positive labels reflect the selected recipe ingredient; compound formulas remain unresolved where noted.. Explicit in method step 3.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Australia
- AustraliaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Australian Chinese Cuisine
- Chinese Australian cuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.