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Brandon James' Honey Garlic Sun Chip Chicken

Serves 4

This is definitely one of my top 5 recipes, and it’s an original BJ creation   Inspired on a drive home, I stopped by the grocery store to grab some original Sun Chips to make an adaption of breaded chicken fingers.  The honey & garlic hit me once I was in my kitchen scouring the pantry for something to really make this memorable.  And about 30 mins later, a legend was born.  You’re going to love this one….

4                  chicken breasts (boneless/skinless)
4 cups          crushed Sun Chips (original flavour)
1/4 cup          all purpose flour
1/2 tsp            salt
2 cloves        garlic, finely diced
1 tsp                pepper, black
1 tbsp             sugar
2                       eggs, beaten
1/2 cup         honey

1. Grab a large glass or metal bowl and plastic cutting board.  Begin to prep your chicken by removing any skin or fat.
2. In your bowl, mix your Sun Chips, flour, salt, sugar, garlic, pepper & sugar
   

   Combine all your dry ingredients

3. In a small bowl, crack 2 eggs and beat them up well.
4. Pull out your largest frying pan, and pour in about 3 tbsp of oil (canola or olive are my suggestions, but anything will do).  Turn heat onto medium/high heat.  Give it a few minutes to heat up.
5. Once your pan’s hot, take your chicken breasts, dip each into the egg mix, then put it directly into the sun chip mix.  Flip the chicken around to really cover it completely.
6. Toss chicken on to your hot pan.  Repeat this for as much as your pan can handle.
   

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7. Fry chicken until the first side is nice and crispy, then flip.  ***see step 8 once all your chicken is in the pan.
   The amount of time to cook each piece depends on the thickness of your chicken pieces, but it would be safe to say 4-5 mins per side to start.
   

   Cook until nice and golden on each side

8. Honey Prep – once your chicken is in the pan, grab out a small sauce pan and pour in your honey.  Set it to heat on  low/med.  Once the honey is slightly heated, you’ll notice it will be more water-like and will be easier to spread onto your chicken.  Keep warm until your chicken is finished frying up.
   Once you get each side nice and golden crisp, here’s where this goes to a whole new level.
9. With a BBQ or pastry brush, paint the honey onto your chicken.  Once you’ve covered one side, flip them all over to give the honey a little fry.  It’ll make it caramelize a bit & crunch up.  This only takes about 1 min per side, so as soon as you flip the pieces, start putting the honey on the reverse side.
   

   "Put Your Honey On Me.. In The Name Of Love!"

10. Plate and serve!

I have no doubt that if you serve my famous Honey Garlic Sun Chip Chicken, it’ll become one of the favourites for poolside & backyard parties.

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“Feed your stomach, feed your soul…”
~B James