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Hot Honey Fried Chicken Bao
Best of 2025
Medium Spice
High Protein
Family Friendly
Hot Honey Fried Chicken Bao

with Cheesy Chips, Roasted Broccoli and Slaw Salad

40 min
Difficulty: 2/3
Fusion

From family favourites to show-stopping sides, our Best of 2025 collection brings together some of our most highly rated recipes of the year, such as this Hot Honey Fried Chicken Bao. Featuring cheesy chips and slaw salad, it's no surprise so many of you loved this dish.

Allergens

Wheat
May contain traces of allergens
Barley
Celery
Cereals containing gluten
Mustard
Milk
Soya
Egg
Sulphites

Utensils

Baking Tray
Aluminum Foil
Bowl
Pan

Tags

Medium Spice
High Protein
World-flavors
Classic-plates
Family Friendly
Customer Favourite
HelloFresh Specials
Best-of-2025
Ingredients
Potatoes

Potatoes

450 grams

Tenderstem® Broccoli

Tenderstem® Broccoli

160 grams

Lemon

Lemon

1 unit(s)

Hot Sauce

Hot Sauce

30 grams

Honey

Honey

30 grams

Cornflour

Cornflour

20 grams

Peri Peri Seasoning

Peri Peri Seasoning

1 sachet(s)

British Chicken Breasts

British Chicken Breasts

2 unit(s)

Grated Hard Italian Style Cheese

Grated Hard Italian Style Cheese

20 grams

Bao Buns

Bao Buns

6 unit(s)

Sliced Carrot and Cabbage Mix

Sliced Carrot and Cabbage Mix

120 grams

Baby Leaf Mix

Baby Leaf Mix

50 grams

Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise

2 tbsp

Sugar for the Dressing

Sugar for the Dressing

1 tsp

Olive Oil for the Dressing

Olive Oil for the Dressing

1 tbsp

Preparation
1
Chip Chip Hooray

Preheat your oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas mark 7.

Chop the potatoes lengthways into 1cm slices, then chop into 1cm wide chips (no need to peel). Halve any thick broccoli stems

Pop the chips onto a large baking tray. Drizzle with oil, season with salt and pepper, then toss to coat. Spread out in a single layer. TIP: Use two baking trays if necessary.

Pop the Tenderstem® broccoli onto a baking tray. Drizzle with oil, season with salt and pepper, then toss to coat. Spread out in a single layer. 

When the oven is hot, bake the chips on the top shelf until golden, 25-30 mins.

2
Mix your Hot Honey Mayo

Meanwhile, quarter the lemon

In a small bowl, combine the hot sauce, honey and the mayo (see pantry for amount). Set the hot honey mayo aside. TIP: If your honey has hardened, pop it in a bowl of hot water for 1 min. 

In a large bowl, put the cornflour and peri peri seasoning into a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper and mix to combine.

3
Coat the Chicken

Cut the chicken breasts lengthways into 1cm wide strips. TIP: Notice a stronger smell from your chicken? Don’t worry, this is normal due to packaging we use to keep it fresh.

Add the chicken strips to the bowl of spiced flour and turn them over in the cornflour to coat well. IMPORTANT: Wash your hands and equipment after handling raw chicken and its packaging.

Put a large frying pan on high heat and add enough oil to completely coat the bottom of the pan. TIP: You want the oil to be hot so the chicken fries properly - heat for 2-3 mins before you add the chicken. 

4
Time to Fry

Once hot, carefully lay the chicken into the pan, reduce the heat to medium-high and fry until golden-brown and cooked through, 8-10 mins total.

Turn every 2-3 mins and adjust the heat as necessary. Discard any cornflour left in the bowl. Once cooked, remove from the heat and place the chicken onto kitchen paper. IMPORTANT: The chicken is cooked when no longer pink in the middle.

Meanwhile, when the chips are halfway through cooking, remove them from the oven, sprinkle over the cheese and toss to coat. Pop them back in the oven and add the broccoli tray to the middle shelf of the oven for the remaining time.

5
Bring on the Bao

Place the bao buns on a plate, sprinkle with a little water and microwave, 800W: 1 min 10 secs / 900W: 50 secs / 1000W: 40 secs.

If you don't have a microwave, place the bao buns onto a large sheet of foil. Sprinkle with a little water, then fold the foil, sealing on all sides to create a parcel. Bake on the middle shelf until warm and fluffy, 3-4 mins.

Wash up the (now empty) flour bowl, then add in a good squeeze of lemon juice with the sugar and olive oil for the dressing (see pantry for both amounts). Season with salt and pepper, then mix well.

Just before serving, add the coleslaw and baby leaf mix to the bowl of dressing and toss together. 

6
Assemble and Serve

Transfer the warmed bao buns to your plates, then fill with the fried chicken. Spoon in the hot honey mayo

Serve your bao buns with the chips, roasted broccoli and remaining salad alongside. 

Pop any remaining lemon wedges on the side for squeezing over. 

Nutrition per serving

3473

kJ

Energy (kJ)

830

kcal

Energy (kcal)

23.6

g

Fat

5.1

g

of which saturates

107.2

g

Carbohydrate

32.3

g

of which sugars

13

g

Dietary Fibre

48.5

g

Protein

2.09

g

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