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Mafa chicken with Honey Mustard and fried rice
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5 from 8 votes

Mafa Chicken

This mafa chicken is crispy fried chicken perfection! The strong marinade the chicken soaks in gives it the most amazing flavor.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Marinating8 hours
Total Time8 hours 30 minutes
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: Asian
Keyword: Chicken, mafa chicken
Servings: 6
Calories: 608kcal
Author: Emily Walker

Ingredients

Batter:

Dipping Sauce:

Instructions

  • Blend the batter ingredients thoroughly in the blender til you have a smooth mixture. Cut up chicken breasts into chicken nugget-size pieces and marinate in the above mixture in the fridge overnight.
    Marinade blended for mafa chicken
  • If it is cold enough, we keep the chicken in the garage. If you keep it in the fridge put a good seal over the chicken and sauce because this stuff has a strong smell!!
    Chicken marinating in a large bowl
  • Before cooking stir 2 eggs into the mixture and thoroughly coat each piece of chicken in “Wondra” flour. Deep fry at about 350 degrees until pieces are brown and completely cooked.
    Pieces of chicken tossed in marinade and wondra flour

For the dipping sauce:

  • Mix mayonnaise, honey, and mustard. Chill and serve.
    Mafa chicken with Honey Mustard and fried rice

Notes

We love dipping this Mafa Chicken in honey mustard sauce, but it tastes great in a variety of sauces, including:
  • Sweet and Sour Sauce
  • Hot Mustard
  • BBQ Sauce
  • Fry Sauce

Nutrition

Calories: 608kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 66g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 232mg | Sodium: 1246mg | Potassium: 1042mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 170IU | Vitamin C: 4.1mg | Calcium: 115mg | Iron: 2.5mg