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A bowl filled with golden, crispy honey butter chicken garnished with sesame seeds and scallions, ready to serve.
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Honey Butter Chicken

This Honey Butter Chicken is crispy, golden brown, and is coated in the most perfect honey butter sauce. It's double fried for extra crunchiness and still holds up well even when tossed in the sauce. It's the one dish that will outshine everything else at the dinner table, and it's my most requested recipe when I visit family!
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Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Comfort Food, Dinner, Dinner Party, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: American, Asian, Chinese, Fusion, Japanese
Keyword: Crispy Chicken, Crispy Chicken REcipe, Crispy Chicken with Glaze, Crunchy Fried Chicken, Dinner Party, Dinner Party Appetizer, Dinner Party Side Dish, Easy Asian Fried Chicken, Easy Fried Chicken, Extra Crispy Chicken, Honey Butter Chicken, Party Dish, Party Side Dish, Thanksgiving Food, Thanksgiving Side Dish
Servings: 2 servings

Equipment

Ingredients

Chicken & Batter

  • 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs cut into ½-inch chunks
  • ½ cup rice flour
  • ¼ cup potato starch
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • ½ cup water adjust until slightly thinner than pancake batter

Honey Butter Sauce

  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp minced ginger
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce

Optional Garnishes

  • Sesame seeds
  • Scallions

Instructions

  • Cut your chicken thighs into ½-inch chunks. In a bowl, combine rice flour, potato starch, salt, black pepper, and water, mixing until the batter is slightly thinner than pancake batter. Dredge the chicken thoroughly in the batter.
  • Heat oil to 350°F (175°C) and fry the chicken in batches until cooked through and pale golden. Remove and set aside.
  • Raise the oil temperature to 420°F (215°C) and fry the chicken a second time until deep golden and crispy.
  • For the sauce, melt butter in a pan and sauté minced ginger for about 1 minute. Add honey and soy sauce, then simmer until slightly thickened. Let cool for 5 minutes.
  • Toss the fried chicken in the sauce until fully coated.
  • Serve in a bowl and optionally garnish with sesame seeds and scallions.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 420kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 24g