Sweet Chilli Chicken
This is a copy of the chilli chicken from Wasabi, it is my guilty pleasure which I often miss eating when away from London, so I decided to recreate it. This ‘Fakeaway’ for me became better than the original, purely because sometimes they make it far too spicy and I am often sat with a pink face and crying alone in the middle of the restaurant! So you can control the heat more.
Even if you haven’t tried the original this is a great dish, like a spicy sweet and sour with battered chicken and a sticky spicy sauce.
- 2 tbsp. sesame oil
- 2 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
- 4 tbsp. ketchup
- 4 tbsp. honey
- 3 tbsp. brown sugar
- 2 tbsp. chilli sauce, sweet chilli or Sriracha are good
- Extra chillis chopped, optional
- 2 slices tinned pineapple, chopped into chunks
- 4 tbsp. pineapple juice from the tin
- 1 tbsp. ginger, grated
- 2 garlic, grated
- 80g tin of roasted peppers
- Juice from tinned peppers
- Fried chicken:
- 2 Chicken breasts, diced. I used turkey breast on my second batch and was delicious.
- 2 tbsp. cornflour
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. paprika
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 2 tbsp. plain flour
- Sunflower oil for deep frying
- To serve optional sesame seeds and spring onion.
- Whisk together the liquids; sesame oil, rice wine, ketchup, honey, brown sugar, chilli sauce, pineapple juice and pepper water.
- If you have a blender place in the ginger and garlic along with extra chilli, if using. Add a spoon full of the liquid and blend to a paste. (If you haven’t got a blender just make sure the ginger and garlic are minced).
- Add the paste to a non stick pan along with the rest of the liquid, let this bubble on a medium heat until thickened slightly. Add the peppers and pineapple and set aside. (You can use fresh peppers if you cannot get tinned, cook them off a little longer in the sauce, add a tbsp. water in replace of the pepper water)
- Fried chicken:
- In separate bowls place an egg; whisked.
- The cornflour in another bowl.
- The final bowl add the plain flour with the paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix well.
- Using a wok or a deep sauté pan pour in the oil until around and inch or so deep. Let the oil heat.
- Take a piece of chicken at a time and coat well in the cornflour, then the egg making sure every part is covered. Then into the seasoned flour shaking off any excess.
- Carefully place into the hot oil. Add a few at a time but do not pack out the pan, cook in batches for 3-4 minutes, turning halfway.
- Remove with a slotted spoon and place onto kitchen paper, set aside.
- Once all of the chicken is cooked turn on the heat with the sauce pan, add the chicken to this and coat all of the pieces.
- Serve with rice, a sprinkle of sesame seeds and some chopped spring onion.

