Chilli chicken |Spicy dry and gravy chilli chicken |Indo chinese recipe

 
Chilli chicken is a popular Indo-Chinese dish of chicken.In India, this may include a variety of dry chicken preparations.

 
 

Though mainly boneless chicken is used in this dish, some people also recommend to use boned chicken too.

This was a dish I Learnt to prepare in early days of marriage as husband was chinese food lover .


Ingredients:

Boneless chicken,cut into thin strips    400 grams
Green chillies,chopped    6-8   (remove the seeds if too hot)
Garlic,chopped     8-10 cloves
Ginger 1 inch chopped
Onions    2 medium
Green capsicums,seeded thick strips    2 medium
Red chilli sauce / kashmiri chilli powder  1 tablespoons
tomato sauce     1 tablespoon
Chicken stock 1 cup/chicken stock cube dissolved in 1 cup water    
Vinegar     2 tablespoons

MARINATION
ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Cornflour/ corn starch     2 1/2 tablespoons
Salt     to taste
Black peppercorns (kali miri)crushed     1/2 teaspoon
Egg     1
Dark soy sauce     2 tablespoons
Oil plus to deep fry    1 tablespoon
Vinegar/lemon juice  - 1 tsp

Method:
1.Take chicken pieces in a bowl. Add half the cornflour,Vinegar/lemon juice , ginger garlic paste ,salt, crushed black peppercorns, egg and mix. Add a little dark soya sauce and mix. Keep atleast half an hour to marinate

2.Heat sufficient oil in a wok and deep fry the chicken pieces till golden. Take care not to overcook. Drain and set aside.

3.Heat oil in another wok. Add garlic,ginger and sauté for half a minute. Add green chillies and continue to sauté. Add onions, green capsicum and sauté.

4.Add the remaining dark soya sauce,tomato sauce, red chilli sauce and stir. Add a little chicken stock  or chicken stock cube dissolved in 1 cup water and bring the mixture to a boil.

5.Blend the remaining cornflour in a little /water .Add fried chicken pieces to the yok and toss. Add blended cornflour and mix. Add salt and cook for a minute. Add Vinegar/lemon juice  and stir.
The starter is ready.

6.If you want gravy add some more stock and let it come to a boil. 

Serve hot as starter or with veg fried rice /schezwan chicken fried rice /chicken schezwan noodles


Tips:

1.you can use the same oil, which is used for frying chicken pieces for making gravy

2.Add salt carefully as soya sauce contains salt