How to make crispy honey chilli potato
Crispy Honey Chilli potato recipe made so easily like restaurant style. This is the easy honey chilli potato recipe made from scratch that surely make you want more.
What is honey chilli potato
It is crisp fried potato fingers coated with sesame honey chilli Sauce. They are sweet, crunchy and little bit spicy. A favourite appetizer of Indo Chinese cuisine hugely popular among party goers and young crowds.
Can I use potato wedges and french fries for the recipe ?
Yes sure. They both makes wonderful and crispy honey chilli potato. Quick and easy, just make the sauce and then fry them to tossed with the sauce. Ready to within 5 minutes. You can even use leftover fries and wedges for the recipe.
If you love honey chilli potato then I am sure you would love the recipe of Thai crispy potato as well.
Tips for crispy honey chilli potato
- Use double frying method. First after coating them and second one before stir frying with the sauce.
- After cutting the potatoes into fingers coat them with corn flour nicely and leeave to set for 2 minutes. Fry them immediately after the potatoes starts to release moisture.
- Wash the potatoes before or after peeling. Don't wash after cutting into fingers.
Making the honey chilli sauce
This is perhaps one of the best sauce that you can use to make other favorites like honey paneer or honey Chicken.
To make the sauce first fry some chopped ginger and garlic till light brown then fry onions till translucent.
Add some white sesame seeds and fry for a second. Then add the red chilly sauce, dark soya sauce, tomato sauce, vinegar. Stir and pour little water to cook them. Add salt, white pepper powder, small pinch of sugar and honey. Give everything a nice mix. Your honey chilli sauce is ready for stir fry.
The best part of this wonderful sauce is that you don't need to add any corn flour slurry to thicken it. Honey makes everything perfectly for the sauce. You can red chilly paste to make the sauce bright and glazing. I haven't use vinegar in this recipe because of tomato sauce which has the tangy flavour.
More stir fry recipes with honey you can try at home
- Ginger honey paneer
- Honey Chicken recipe
Honey chilli potato recipe
Honey chilli potato is a popular appetizer of Indo Chinese cuisine. Crispy fried potato fingers are stir fried in sweet, spicy honey sesame chilli sauce.
Prep time cook time serving
10 min 6 min 2
Author Mobasir hassan
Ingredients
- 2 - 3 medium size potatoes
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped onion
- 1/3 teaspoon red chilly paste
- 1 teaspoon red chilly sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon tomato sauce
- 1/3 teaspoon dark soya sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon vinegar ( optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper powder
- 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds
- 1/2 cup corn flour
- Small pinch of sugar
- Salt as per taste
- Oil for frying
How to make the recipe
- Peel the potatoes and wash them nicely. Then slice them and cut into finger size pieces. Keep the fingers little bit thick.
- Now apply corn flour and salt over them and coat evenly from all sides.
- Keep aside for 2 minutes to set. Fry them before moisture start to come.
- Fry them in medium high flame till crisp golden. Remove in absorbent paper or kitchen towel to absorb any excess oil.
Making the honey chilli potato
- Heat half teaspoon oil in a Chinese wok or pan in medium high flame and fry chopped ginger and garlic till light brown. Add chopped onions and fry till translucent.
- Add 1/4 teaspoon white sesame seeds and fry for 30 seconds.
- Add red chilly paste, mix and saute for a second then add red chilly sauce, dark soya sauce, tomato sauce and give a good stir.
- Pour little water and cook the sauce till become thick.
- Add salt, white pepper powder, small pinch of sugar.
- Add one teaspoon honey and mix everything nicely.
- Now fry the potato fingers again for one minute and add into the sauce.
- Mix the potato fingers well with the sauce. Sprinkle some chopped spring onions and white sesame seeds.
- Remove and serve the honey chilli potato immediately.
Video
Honey chilli potato recipe video
Nutritional value
( Serving size 1 cup)
- Calories : 250
- Fats : 3 g
- Protein : 5 g
- Carbohydrate : 51 g
Recipe notes
• In place of corn flour you can use rice flour to make the recipe.
• I have not used vinegar. You can use it.
• The recipe doesn't require to use corn flour slurry. As tomato sauce and honey makes the sauce thick and sticky.
Step by step honey chilli potato recipe with photos
Preparation
1. Wash the potatoes and peel them. Then cut them into fingers. Keep the fingers little bit thick in size.
2. Apply salt and corn flour and mix nicely to coat evenly from all sides. Keep to set for two minutes.
3. Heat oil in a pan on medium high heat flame.
4. You can notice that the potato fingers start to release moisture. Fry them immediately till crisp golden. Remove on a absorbent paper to absorb any excess oil.
5. Now start to make the sauce, heat 1/2 teaspoon oil in a wok or pan and fry the chopped ginger and garlic till light brown. Add chopped onions and fry till translucent.
6. Add white sesame seeds and fry till brown. Add red chilly paste and stir nicely.
7. Then add red chilly sauce, dark soya sauce, tomato sauce. Pour little water and cook them for a while. Add salt, small pinch of sugar and white pepper powder.
8. Pour 1 teaspoon honey into the sauce and mix nicely.
9. Now fry the potato fingers again for a minute. Remove and add into the sauce.
10. Give a nice mix and sprinkle some chopped spring onions and white sesame seeds.
11. Remove and serve immediately.
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