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Chilli chicken (dry)

Name: How to cook Chilli chicken (dry) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3-4 persons
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Susmita Patnaik

Chilli chicken (dry)

Chilli chicken is a popular Indo-Chinese dish. Little variations are adopted as per our tastes and preferences. This recipe is chili chicken ( dry), which can be a great starter. Do try this recipe #cookpadindia #cppassport #cpchina #chicken

Ingredient

Food ration :

3-4 persons

Cooking time :

45 minutes

For

chicken marination

250 gms

chicken (you can use boneless, I prefer bone)

as needed

Salt

3/4th tsp

black pepper powder (freshly grinded)

1/2

lemon (juice)

1 tbsp

ginger garlic paste

1 tbsp

cornflour

egg

As required

Oil for frying chicken

For

chilli chicken (dry)

30 ml

oil

8-9 cloves

garlic chopped finely

large onion cut into petals

small tomato (optional)

large capsicum cut into squares

4-6

fresh green chillies (slit)

For

Fried chicken

1/2 tsp

sugar

2 tbsp

tomato sauce

1 tbsp

chilli sauce

1/2 tbsp

dark soya sauce

1 tsp

vinegar

1/2 tsp

black pepper powder

1/2 tsp

chicken masala

As required

Chopped spring onions if you have for garnish

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

In a mixing bowl, put chicken, salt, black pepper powder, and lemon juice. Mix well. Next, add ginger garlic paste and mix by nicely rubbing the pieces. Next, add cornflour and egg. Mix all well and keep aside for at least 30 minutes.

* Step 2

After that place a kadhai. Heat it with oil for frying the marinated chicken. Do not over fry, else the chicken becomes rubbery. As you find chicken is cooked and it gets a nice color, drain and keeps the fried chicken aside.

* Step 3

Next place a pan, add oil, and heat. Saute garlic. Next, add onions and green chilies. As onions are a bit translucent, add tomato. Do not overcook the tomato.

* Step 4

Next, add capsicum. Add salt, sugar, and black pepper powder. Mix all well. Cover and cook for some time. Capsicum and tomato must be cooked yet must be crunchy and must retain their colors.

* Step 5

As it's cooked, add the sauce mixture and vinegar.

* Step 6

Add chicken masala and mix well. Add the fried chicken and mix. Let it be on slow flame for some time so that chicken absorbs the flavors. If you want you can add a slurry of cornflour (1 tbsp mixed with 3 tbsp water). Cook till your required consistency preference.