Dry Chilli Chicken Recipe, How to make Chilli Chicken
Dry Chilli Chicken Recipe is a restaurant style chicken recipe made in an Indo-Chinese style. If you like chicken, then you will love this dish.
Servings 3 people
Calories 745kcal
Ingredients
- 500 gms boneless chicken cubed
Ingredients for frying the chicken pieces
- 1/2 tsp salt (or to taste)
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 tbsp all purpose flour
- oil for frying
Ingredients for preparing base
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp ginger finely chopped
- 1 tsp garlic finely chopped
- 2 medium sized onions diced
- 1 green capsicum cut into squares
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp green chili sauce
- salt to taste
- 1 tbsp corn flour mixed in water
- 1 spring onion only the green part
Instructions
Frying chicken pieces
- Take a bowl and place the chicken pieces. Add the black pepper powder, red chili powder, ginger garlic paste, all purpose flour, and salt. Mix well.
- Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the chicken pieces till they turn golden brown. Drain from oil and set aside on a paper towel.
Preparing dry chilli chicken
- Heat 2 tbsp oil (you can use the same oil, which is used for frying chicken pieces) in the same pan on a high heat.
- Add the chopped ginger and garlic. Fry till the raw smell vanishes from it. Add diced onion, capsicum and cook on high heat for a couple of minutes.
- When the onion becomes translucent and little crisp, add the soy sauce and green chili sauce.
- Add fried chicken pieces. Mix well. Adjust salt if required.
- Next, mix the cornflour with some water to make a thick paste. Add this and spring onion and quickly stir the chicken. The corn flour thickens fast and if you don't stir fast enough, it will turn soggy.
- Serve hot immediately.
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Notes
- Always serve immediately for best taste and flavor.
- You can also use egg white while mixing the ingredients for frying for extra crispiness.
- When you add corn flour, stir quickly as it thickens fast and might form lumps.
- Be careful while adding salt as soy sauce is salty too.
- You can make a healthier version of the same by baking the chicken pieces and adding less oil while making the base