Chilli Chicken

We have invited couple of our friends over for dinner; Hubby and I came up with long list of items (jus like any other time), of these I have prepared chilli chicken and Baby corn Manchuria for appetizer; Both of them came out really nice; I am posting the chilli chicken recipe now, will post the baby corn little later;

When I first started experimenting with food, Chilli chicken is the first one that I made with the recipe/instructions from my sweet little sister; My sister prepares any non-veg item wonderfully and this is one of her best; I used the same recipe that I got from my sister for the preparation;

 Ingredients:

1.    ½ lb chicken cut into 1’ pieces, wash and keep aside

2.    Egg – 1

3.    Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp

4.    Pepper powder – ½ tbsp

5.    Chilli powder – ½ tbsp

6.    Salt, to taste

7.    Corn Starch – 1 ½ tbsp

8.    Turmeric – ¼ tbsp

9.    Soy Sauce – 3 tbsp

10. Garlic Cloves, chopped into small pieces - 4

11. Onion, sliced thin – 1

12. Green chillies, slit length wise – 3

13. Bell Pepper (capsicum), cut into cubes – 1

14. Red Chilli Ginger paste – 2 tbsp

15. Ketchup – 4 tbsp

16. Spring onion – 2 tbsp

17. Oil, for deep fry

Method:

1.    Take chicken into a bowl, add egg, ginger garlic paste, pepper, chilli powder, salt, 1 tbsp of corn starch, turmeric, 1 tbsp of soy sauce and mix well; Keep it aside for 30 mins;

2.    Meanwhile place kadai on stove, add oil; Once oil is hot, add above chicken pieces into oil, cook them well on medium flame until chicken turns into golden brown;

3.    Repeat the same process for remaining chicken and transfer fried chicken pieces into a oil absorbent paper;

4.    Heat a heavy bottomed vessel, add 1 tbsp of oil, add chopped garlic and make sure garlic turns golden brown color;

5.    Then add onions and green chillies, fry them for 6 mins; Add capsicum to it and cook for another 4 mins;

6.    Add remaining soy sauce, red chilli ginger paste and ketchup; Mix them well and cook for 2 mins; Adjust salt if necessary;

7.    Add fried chicken pieces to this mixture and cook for 3 mins on low flame;

8.    In a small bowl or cup, take 2 tbsp of water, add ½ tbsp of corn starch, mix well; Spread this corn starch liquid on top of chicken pieces; This helps the sauce to get thick;

9.    Cook it another 2 mins and turn-off stove;

10. Garnish with spring onions;

Transfer the chilli chicken into a serving bowl and serve it with onion slices on side; you will surely get great appreciations :)