CHILLI CHICKEN

Chilli Chicken is a mouth-watering chicken recipe of Indo-Chinese cuisine, where chicken is cooked in the combination of Indian vegetables with Chinese flavors which makes it a delicious and simply irresistible main course dish when prepared with gravy or semi-gravy and also served as a starter when prepared dry.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken – 500 gm., boneless
2. Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp.
3. Capsicum (Shimla Mirch) – 1 no., chopped into 2cm thick pieces
4. Onion – 2 nos., chopped into 2cm thick pieces
5. Green chilies – 4-5 nos., chopped
6. Soya sauce – 2 tsp.
7. Tomato ketchup – 2 tsp.
8. Vinegar – 1 tsp.
9. Ajinomoto – a pinch (main ingredient of Chinese cuisine)
10. Corn flour – 3 tbsp.
11. Spring Onion – a handful, chopped (to garnish)
12. Salt – to taste
13. Pepper powder – ½ tsp.
14. Oil – for frying

Method:

1. Clean the chicken and drain excess water. Keep aside.

2. Make a paste with 2tbsp corn flour and water. Add half the ginger-garlic paste, ½ tsp. soya sauce, ½ tsp. vinegar, salt and pepper. Marinate the chicken and keep it for 20 minutes.

3. Heat the oil in a pan and deep fry the chicken pieces. Drain excess oil on paper towel and keep it aside.

4. Then heat 2 tsp. of oil in a pan. Add the onions and green chillies. Sauté until onions are brown.

5. Add the rest of the ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell fades.

6. Add the chicken, soya sauce, vinegar, ketchup, salt and pepper.

7. Make a paste with 1 tbsp. of the corn flour and water. Add it to the chicken and mix well. Boil till it gravy attain the desired thickness, i.e. with gravy, semi-gravy or dry.

8. Garnish it with chopped spring onion & serve hot

Note: It is best in combination with Indian bread varieties like Chapati, Roti or Naan, and even rice varieties.