chilli chicken |
Preparation Time :25-30 minutes
Cooking Time : 20-25 minutes
Serve : 4
Ingredients:
- Boneless chicken breast : 250 gms (cut into 1 inch cubes)
- Egg : 1
- Garlic : 4-5 cloves crushed and finely minced
- Ginger : 1 inch cut into thin julliens
- Onion : 1 large cut into cubes
- Green bell pepper : 1/2 cup cut into cubes
- Green Chillies : 4-5 cut into halfs ,length wise
- Red chilly sauce : 2-3 tbsp
- Corn flour : 1-2 tbsp
- Soy sauce : 2 tbsp
- Tomato ketchup : 2-3 tbsp
- White vinegar : 1 tbsp
- Vegetable oil
- Green onions/ Spring Onion : 1/2 cup(cut into 1/2 inch length)
- Salt : 1 tsp
Procedure:
1) Marinate the chicken pieces in egg , 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp red chilly sauce and
2 -3 tsp cornflour. Mix well and keep for 10 - 15 minutes.
2) In a bowl mix red chilly sauce, soy sauce, tomato ketchup and vinegar.
Keep aside .
3) Now heat oil for frying in a pan/ kadai and fry the chicken pieces separately
for 4-5 minutes. Do not over fry otherwise the chicken will get hard. Take
them out on a paper napkin.
4) In a separate pan heat 2 tbsp oil and add minced garlic, ginger jullien and
green chilies.Fry till golden color and then add sliced big onion and
capsicum cubes .Stir fry on high flame for 4-5 minutes.Do not over cook
the vegetables.
5) Add fried chicken pieces and chopped green onions mix them well.Now
lower the heat and add the sauce mixture.Mix well.
6) Take a small bowl add 1 tsp of corn flour with 1/2 cup of water. Add to
chicken.
7) Cook till its gravy becomes slightly thick and dry, turn off the heat and
move it in a serving dish.
Serve hot.