Thursday, November 17

Chilli Chicken, an indo chinese fusion Recipe


Ingredients needed for Chilli Chicken Recipe
 2 cups boneless chicken (cut into 1-inch cubes)
2 tbsp Soya sauce
1 egg
2 tbsps corn flour / corn starch
5-6 green chillies, chopped
2 spring onions, chopped
1 tsp garlic paste
Salt To Taste
1/2 tsp white pepper powder or to taste
1 tsp sugar
A pinch of ajinomoto (optional)
2 cups chicken stock / water
Oil to deep fry the chicken pieces

How to prepare chilli chicken?
First prepare the marinade for the chicken by mixing soya sauce, corn flour, salt, egg in a bowl.
Marinate chicken pieces in the the mixture for about half an hour.
Heat oil in a deep frying pan / Kadhai and deep fry the marinated chicken pieces till they are golden brown.
Heat a tablespoonful oil in a separate wok / kadhai.
Add garlic paste and green chillies and saute for few seconds.
Add 2 cups of chicken stock or water to the wok.
Bring the stock to boil, add sugar, pepper powder, salt to taste, ajinomoto as well as the remaining soya sauce.
Add fried chicken pieces to it and cook for a few minutes. Simmer.
Dissolve the remaining corn flour in 1/2 cup water and add to the gravy stirring continuously, so that lumps are not formed.
Cook for 2-3 minutes or till the gravy thickens to your taste and consistency. Remove
Serve chilli chicken hot garnished with chopped spring onion leaves.

The Chilli Chicken goes well with plain steaming rice, fried rice  and with Phulkas / Rotis too.

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