Chilli Chicken Recipe: How To Prepare Dry Chilli Chicken

Chilly Chicken is a popular Indo-Chinese dish. In India, many varieties of dry preparations are made out of chicken. This recipe is mainly made from boneless chicken, but you can swap it with bones as well.

It depends on your taste and preferences. It is generally spicy and a lot of veggies and garlic are used in the same.

You can make different varieties by changing the sauces as well. The chef prefers to use fresh chicken, since this recipe tastes best when soft and fresh chicken is used.

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Prep Time

10 Mins

Cook Time

40M

Total Time

50 Mins

Recipe By: Chef Anurag Basu

Recipe Type: Snacks

Serves: 2

Ingredients

Boneless chicken, diced - 350 g

Egg, slightly beaten - 1

Corn flour - 1/2 cup

Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp

Ginger paste - 1/2 tsp

Salt or to taste - 1 tbsp

Oil for deep frying

Onions, thickly sliced - 2 cups

Green chillies, thickly sliced (remove seeds if too hot) - 2 tsp

Soy sauce (adjust according to strength) - 1 tbsp

Vinegar - 2 tbsp

Green chillies, slit, for garnish

How to Prepare

1. Mix together the chicken, egg, corn flour, ginger and garlic paste in a bowl.

2. Now, add 2 teaspoons of salt, and enough water, so that the chicken pieces are coated with the batter.

3. Leave this for about 30 minutes and let it marinate.

4. Heat oil in a wok or a pan.

5. Now deep-fry the chicken pieces over high heat to begin with and then lower the flame.

6. Fry until the chicken is cooked through.

7. Now, put the fried chicken in the absorbent paper and drain the same, so that the excess oil is absorbed.

8. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok.

9. Add onions and stir-fry over high heat until they are translucent.

10. Add the green chillies and saute for a minute.

11. Add salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and the deep-fried chicken, and toss well.

12. Serve hot and garnish with the green chillies.