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Carey's Bay Hotel crispy chicken salad
Ingredients
For the chicken
1kg sliced chicken thighs
1 tsp crushed garlic
1 tsp crushed ginger
1 tsp chilli powder
½ tsp cracked pepper
½ cup flour
½ cup cornflour
small amount of canola oil for frying
For the honey sauce
½ tsp crushed garlic
½ tsp crushed ginger
½ tsp cracked pepper
a red onion (sliced)
1 cup liquid honey
¼ cup white vinegar
2 tsp cornflour
30ml water
For the salad
salad leaves
handful of cashew nuts
Method
For the chicken
Mix the chicken, garlic, ginger, chilli and cracked pepper.
Combine the flour and cornflour and toss the chicken in it before frying in canola oil (omit the flour for a gluten-free version).
For the honey sauce
In a small amount of oil gently cook, but do not brown, the garlic, ginger, cracked pepper and red onion. Add the honey and white vinegar. Stir until combined and honey has melted.
Combine the cornflour and water and add to the pan and stir until the sauce thickens.
For the salad
Arrange a bed of salad leaves in a bowl for each person, (we toss the salad in a small amount of honey mustard vinaigrette), place the cooled chicken on top of the salad, drizzle with cooled honey sauce and sprinkle a few cashew nuts to garnish.
Requested by Ange McErlane, of Port Chalmers.
This recipe comes from Johnny Dain, head chef at Carey's Bay Hotel.
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