Chicken Balls
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Ingredients
- 3-4 chicken breasts
- 100g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- good pinch of salt
- ¼ pt water (quarter pint)
- few tbls cornflour
- vegetable oil enough to ½ fill a wok
Accompaniment
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Description
These chicken balls are a delightful homage to the sweet and sour chicken you love from your favorite takeaway. With a light, crispy batter that envelops tender pieces of chicken, each bite transports you to that familiar flavor paradise. Whether you choose to pair them with a store-bought sauce or whip up your own sweet and sour creation, these chicken balls are sure to bring a satisfying taste of comfort right to your kitchen.
Method
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Make the batter up first as its best to leave it to rest for at least half hour before you use it.
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Put flour, baking powder, salt in bowl, mix in water until you get it thin enough to coat the chicken (about consistency of cream).
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TIP...Use a whisk to mix water in so you don''t get lumps.
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Leave to rest for at least half hour.
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Heat oil in wok.
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Cut chicken breasts into about 1"x2" pieces.
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When ready to cook the chicken, dust them lightly in cornflour and then dip in batter and deep fry for 3-4 minutes.
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I usually put them in oven afterwards for about 10 minutes to make sure they''re cooked through.
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Serve with either a shop bought jar of sweet and sour sauce or look at my recipe for sweet and sour sauce and rice.
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made these last night, excellent and so quick and easy to do! definately be making these again!
so easy to make and turns out perfect ,
They are gorgoeus,just had them two nights on the trot, as I had batter left over, but tonight i made them with egg fried rice and my own curry sauce
Perfect!!!
just tried this recipie for me and my hubby's tea mmmmm delicious will definatly use again thanks karen
wow! so nice, so easy, well impressed!
I've made the batter which was easy but have realized i don't have cornflour... so will use normal flour and hope for the best. They look really nice but unfortunately I am u rubbish cook! will let you know how i get on!
We just made them, and ate them ;]Messy, but yummy.
In take away shop, we always use self-raising flour.
Tried this last night.....brilliant My husband is now demanding that I make fish in this batter. Top marks
My husband loves this recipe and keeps asking me to make it = much better than the takeaways....
EXCELLENT!!!
This recipe was excellent, it worked a treat. The batter was nice a crunchy. The chinese always use a little bit of white pepper on the chicken before cooking. The trick is to let the mix rest, it really works and taste's faB.
I didnt get round to doing it in the end :-(
how did it go??? thanks
am going to try this tonight :)
sounds really nice