Dinner for 2

Crispy Honey Chicken

Name: Crispy Honey Chicken
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 300 g / 10oz chicken thighs; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 2 tsp chinese cooking wine; 2 tsp cornflour/cornstarch; 1/2 cup cornflour/cornstarch; 6 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch; 4 tbsp flour; 7 1/2 tbsp cold soda water; 1/4 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp salt; 2 1/2 cups vegetable oil; 1/3 cup honey; 1 1/2 tbsp glucose or corn syrup; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 2 tsp chinese cooking wine; 25 g / 2 oz vermicelli rice noodles (optional); sesame seeds

$19.65for 450 minServes 2

Marinated chicken is coated in a crisp batter, fried until cooked through, and covered with a sticky honey glaze.

Crispy Honey Chicken with its ingredients

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Chicken thighs, 0.65 lb$2.29/lb typical	0.65 lb	$1.51Typical price
	Juice, 4 oz$0.04/oz typical	4 oz	$0.16Typical price
	Ramen and Asian noodles, 0.5 oz$0.18/oz typical	0.5 oz	$0.08Typical price
	Nuts and seeds, 0.5 oz$0.70/oz typical	0.5 oz	$0.35Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$9.82

Swaps

Swap chicken thighs for chicken breastabout $1.20/lb more at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

Soy sauceWine, beer and spiritsCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaFlourBaking powder and sodaOlive and cooking oilHoney or maple syrupSyrups, molasses, powdered sugar

Not included in the cost.

50 minstart to table
Mediumdifficulty
2servings (the source says 4, which counts pieces)
$$$typical cost tier

Chinese Dairy-free Budget Family Dinners

Typical price

$4.91 per serving$19.65 for 4

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Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.

Ingredients

300 g / 10oz chicken thighs
1 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tsp chinese cooking wine
2 tsp cornflour/cornstarch
1/2 cup cornflour/cornstarch
6 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch
4 tbsp flour
7 1/2 tbsp cold soda water
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups vegetable oil
1/3 cup honey
1 1/2 tbsp glucose or corn syrup
1 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tsp chinese cooking wine
25 g / 2 oz vermicelli rice noodles (optional)
sesame seeds

Steps

Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces and toss it with 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 2 teaspoons cooking wine, and 2 teaspoons cornstarch.
Mix 6 tablespoons cornstarch, the flour, soda water, baking powder, and salt into a thick batter.
Dust the chicken with the 1/2 cup cornstarch, dip it in the batter, and rest it for 5 minutes.
Heat the vegetable oil in a deep 10-inch skillet to 350 F and fry the chicken in batches for 5 to 7 minutes until crisp and 165 F inside.
Simmer the honey, glucose or corn syrup, remaining soy sauce, and remaining cooking wine in a saucepan for 3 minutes.
Toss the fried chicken with the glaze and sprinkle it with sesame seeds.

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