Chilli Chicken- Indian Style - Recipe Book

 Chilli chicken is one of the most popular Indo-Chinese chicken preparation. Everyone loves the boneless juicy chicken in sweet and savory gravy. It is one of the best starter for a party menu. Her I'm using a whole chicken for making chilli chicken instead of using boneless pieces only.

 Ingredients For Marinating:

1. Chicken- 1medium sized (cut them in to small pieces)


2. Soya sauce-1tbsp


3. Ginger garlic paste-2tbsp


4. Corn flour- 1/4 cup+ 2tbsp 


5. Kashmiri chilly powder- 2 tbsp


6. Vinegar-2 tbsp


7. Egg-1 (optional)


8. Salt-to taste


9. Oil-for deep frying

Other ingredients:

1. Onion-4 large


2. Capsicum / bell pepper-2 small


3. Garlic chopped thinly-2 tbsp


4. Ginger chopped thinly-2 tbsp


5. Green chilly thinly chopped-2 tbsp


6. Salt-to taste


7. Tomato sauce-1/2 cup


8. Soya sauce- 2 tbsp


9. Green chilli sauce-2 tbsp


10. Spring onion or coriander leaves-to garnish

Preparation:

• Marinate the small chicken cube pieces with ingredients under marination for 30 minutes.


• Deep fry it until golden brown and fried nice (don’t overfry)


• Keep it aside.


• In the remaining oil (remove the excess amount) add ginger, garlic and green chilly.


• Sauté until golden in color.


• Add cubed onions and sauté for a minute.


• Add cubed bell pepper and saute for two to three minutes.


• Add soy sauce, chilli sauce and tomato ketchup; mix well.


• Switch off the flame by garnishing with chopped coriander leaves

Note:

• Deep frying absorbs less oil than shallow frying; hence it is always better.


• Fry the chicken pieces until just golden in color at low-medium flame. Over frying makes the chicken pieces hard. 


• Kashmiri chilly powder is added to get a restaurant style dark red color. You can omit it and add a pinch of red food color if desired.

Checkout the video of making Chilli Chicken To Ease Your Cooking: