Bidisha's Corner

Thursday 5 June 2014

Chilli Chicken

Its a Chinese recipe cooked after marinating chicken and frying it and then preparing the gravy. Here cornflour plays the major part.

INGREDIENTS:
Neatly cut Chicken pieces (500gms).
Diced onions (4).
Diced capsicum (3).
Green Chillies slit (6-7).
Salt to taste, Black pepper powder.
Vineger (5-7 ml).
Soya Sauce (10 ml).
Chopped garlic ( 3 TBs).
Ginger-Garlic paste (1 TBs).
Cornflour (5-7 TBs).
 Eggs (1).

PROCEDURE:
Marinate neatly cut chicken with egg, ginger-garlic paste, half soya sauce, half cornflour, vinegar, salt and leave it for 30-60 minutes. Now heat excess oil in a wok and deep fry the chicken pieces till golden brown and set aside. Now remove excess oil and keep about 2-3 TBs of oil for further proceedings.
Now add onions, capsicum and fry them till golden brown, now add chopped garlic, and chillies slit and fry them, now add water, chilli sauce, remaining soya sauce, salt, black pepper powder and allow it to cook. Now add chicken fried pieces. Now in a bowl make cornflour paste and add it to the wok, now let it boil for a minute or two till the gravy thickens. Now off the flame and serve it with fried rice or chowmein.

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