Chilli Chicken – Indo-Chinese Chicken Dish

Chilli Chicken – Indo-Chinese Chicken Dish

Published on January 18, 2014 | By
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    • Prep Time
    • Minutes
    • Cook Time
    • Minutes
    • Yield
    • 500 gm

Chilli chicken is a hot and spicy Indo-Chinese chicken dish. It is mostly ordered Chinese dish in Indian restaurant.  Chicken deep fried in a tantalizing batter and coated with nice hot and spicy sauce.
I made two versions of chilli chicken here – dry and gravy.  You can make any of them.

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Ingredients

  • Boneless chicken: 500 gm
  • Corn Flour: 3 tbsp
  • Egg: 1
  • Ginger and garlic (chopped): 1/2 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for deep frying
  • For sauce: Capsicum: 1 (diced)
  • Onion: 2 Medium (diced)
  • Green chillies: 5-6 (slited)
  • Ginger & garlic: 1 tsp (chopped)
  • Tomato sauce: 1 tbsp
  • Soya sauce: 1 tbsp
  • Red chilli sauce: 1 tbsp
  • Vinegar: 1 tsp
  • Black pepper: 1 tsp
  • black pepper: 1 tsp
  • Cornflour: 1 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Aginamoto: 1/4 tsp
  • Water/ chicken stock: 1 cup

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Instructions

  1. Mix the chicken with corn flour, egg, red chilli powder, chopped ginger & garlic so that the chicken pieces are coated nicely.
  2. Heat the oil. Deep fry the chicken pieces over medium - high heat until it turns into nice crisp and tender. keep it aside.
  3. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. Sauté 1 tsp chopped ginger & garlic.
  4. Now add diced onion and capsicum. Also add salt. Stir fry them over high flame for 2 mins.
  5. Add green chilies and stir again for 2 mins.
  6. Add the remaining tomato sauce, soya sauce, red pepper sauce, vinegar, black pepper and ajinomoto. Just toss them
  7. Add the fried chicken pieces and toss again. This is the dry version of Chilli chicken.
  8. If you want little gravy add about 1 cup of water or chicken stock to the chicken. Let it cook for 1 minute.
  9. Dissolve 1 tbsp of corn flour in normal water. Pour it into the chicken to make the gravy little thick.
  10. Chili chicken gravy is ready. It goes awesome with noodles and fried rice.
  • Servings : 5
  • Ready in : 50 Minutes

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