These honey chili potatoes are a popular Indo-Chinese street food! These crispy air-fried potatoes are covered in a sweet and spicy sauce that combines rich Indian spices and Chinese sauces.
When it comes to street food, I’m convinced there is nothing more delicious and satisfying than a good Indo-Chinese fusion recipe.
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What Are Honey Chili Potatoes?
Basically, honey chili potatoes are an Indo-Chinese street food recipe made with fried potatoes that covered in a rich spicy and sweet sauce. Typically, the spices include garam masala, cumin, red chili powder, and chaat masala, and the sauces include honey, ketchup, soy sauce, and rice vinegar.
What If Don’t Have an Air Fryer?
If you don’t have an airfryer, feel free to use an oven instead or deep fry your potatoes for this honey chili potato recipe. For the oven, I suggest increasing the temperature to 425 degrees and increasing the cook time to 15-20 minutes.
Honey Chili Potatoes – Full Ingredient Breakdown:
If you want to make the best honey chili potatoes, make sure you have the following ingredients:
- Garam masala
- Cumin powder
- Kashmiri mirch (or any red chili powder)
- Smoked paprika
- Cayenne
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Chaat masala (this is a special spice blend – think tajin – that is definitely necessary)
- Sriracha
- Honey
- Ketchup – yes, you read that right! Keep in mind, ketchup is just a concentrated form of tomatoes, vinegar, and sugar; therefore, it tastes great in the base of various Indo-Chinese sauces.
- Soy sauce
- Rice vinegar
How to Make Honey Chili Potatoes
- To make this recipe, start by cutting your potatoes into wedges, or, the fry shape of your choice. Then, coat your potatoes with all of the spices, cornstarch, and oil.
- Then, put your potatoes in the air fryer for 12-15 minutes at 400 degrees. Make sure to flip half way through so they cook evenly.
- Next, put one tsp of oil into saucepan and then add in sriracha, honey, rice vinegar, and soy sauce. Simmer for about 1 minute until the sauce thickens and add in potatoes.
- Finally, cook potatoes in the honey chili sauce for another 1-2 minutes.
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Honey Chili Potatoes
Ingredients
- 1 medium sized gold potato
- 1 tsp corn starch
- 1/8 tsp garam masala
- 1/4 tsp cumin
- 1/4 tsp kashmiri mirch
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/8 tsp cayenne
- 1/4 tsp garlic
- 1/4 tsp onion
- 1/4 tsp chaat masala
- 1 tsp sriracha
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tsp soy
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
- 2 tsp oil
Instructions
- Cut potatoes and coat with all spices, cornstarch, and 1 tsp of oil.
- Put in air fryer for 12-15 minutes at 400 degrees. Make sure to flip half way through so they cook evenly.
- Put one tsp of oil into saucepan and add in sriracha, honey, rice vinegar, and soy sauce. Simmer for about 1 minute until the sauce thickens and add in potatoes.
- Cook potatoes in the sauce for another 1-2 minutes.
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