Honey Chili Chicken (Chinese)

Ingredients

• 1 (3 pound) broiler-fryer chicken
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 4 teaspoons Chinese chili sauce
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons grated pared fresh ginger root
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 6 scallions, cut in thin lengthwise slices

Instructions

1. Remove giblets from chicken. Rinse chicken and cut into small serving-size pieces.
2. Combine flour and salt. Coat chicken pieces with flour mixture. Heat oil in a wok over high heat until it reaches 375 degrees F. Add chicken pieces, one at a time, to hot oil (cook only 1/3 of the pieces at a time). Cook until golden, about 5 minutes.
3. Drain on absorbent paper.
4. Repeat with remaining chicken.
5. Pour all but 1 tablespoon of the oil out of wok. Combine water, lemon juice, cornstarch, chili sauce and soy sauce. Add ginger to oil in wok. Stir fry for 1 minute.
6. Add honey to ginger. Cook and stir 1 minute.
7. Add cornstarch-chili mixture to honey and ginger. Cook and stir until mixture boil, about 1 minute.
8. Stir chicken piece into chili mixture. Cook and stir until chicken is hot throughout, about 3 minutes.
Stir in onions. Cook and stir for 1 minute.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings