Chicken cubes marinated, fried and sauteed in spicy and tangy sauce. Best served with Vegetable/Chicken Fried rice.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Total Time40 minutesmins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian, indo chinese
Servings: 5serving
Calories: 329kcal
Author: Jane Jojo
Ingredients
1kgchickenBoneless
Vegetable oil Sunflower oil/
Marination
2numbersegg
1tablespooncorn flour
3tablespoonsall purpose flour
1Teaspoongingerpaste
1Teaspoongarlicpaste
½tablespoonchillipowder
salt
Gravy
5numbersonion(medium)
2numberscapsicum
7numbersgreen chilli
1teaspoongarlicpaste
6tablespoonschilli sauce
½cuptomato ketchup
3tablespoonssoy sauce
2tablespoonscorn flour
½cupwater
salt
1teaspoonred food colouring(optional)
Garnish
½Green onion spring onion/ stalk
1tablespooncashew nut
Instructions
Clean and cut chicken into 1 ½ inch cube size pieces. Dice onion and capsicum into square pieces. Slit green chilli lengthwise. Grind ginger and garlic into fine paste.
Prepare marinade - Beat the eggs. Add cornflour, all purpose flour, ginger and garlic paste, chilli powder, salt and mix well. Marinate chicken pieces and keep it aside for 30 minutes. Chilli powder helps to get good colour.
Heat oil in a kadai. Deep Fry the marinated chicken pieces until golden brown. Fry it in small batches.
Drain it in kitchen tissues.
In the same Kadai, remove excess oil. Keep 3 tablespoon oil in the pan. Saute garlic for a minute. Then add onion, capsicum, green chilli and saute it over a high flame until onion is soft, translucent and raw smell is gone.
Mix all the three sauces in a cup with water. These are the brands I used. You can adjust sauce quantity as per your taste. I used regular Soy sauce. If you are using Dark Soy sauce, reduce the soy sauce amount from the measurement.
Add it to the gravy and mix well over medium flame.
Mix corn flour with some water and add it to the gravy. ** Adjust corn flour based on the thickness that you desire. Add salt, if needed.
Add chicken pieces and mix it well. Let the chicken get coated well with the sauces. Add red food color. It's optional. Cook for another 5 minutes and switch it off.
Garnish with chopped green onions and fried cashew nuts.
Notes
- I used Maggie tomato ketchup, Chings Green Chilli sauce and regular soy sauce. If you are using Dark Soy sauce, reduce the measurement. Adjust the sauce quantity as per your taste. With different brands, taste can differ a bit.