Chilli chicken recipe 

Chilli chicken is a popular Indo-Chinese dish made with marinated and deep-fried chicken pieces tossed in a spicy and tangy sauce typically made with soy sauce, vinegar, and chilli sauce. It’s often served as an appetizer or main course in many Indian and Chinese restaurants.

What is Chilli Chicken Recipe: (what to serve with chilli chicken (

Chilli chicken is a popular Indo-Chinese dish made with marinated pieces of chicken that are typically stir-fried with onions, bell peppers, green chillies, and a variety of sauces and spices. It’s known for its spicy, tangy, and slightly sweet flavor profile

Ingredients for chilli chicken

Chicken Boneless – 250 grams

Batter:

Corn Flour – 2 tbsp

Maida – 2 tbsp

Black Pepper Powder – ¼ tsp

Salt – ¼ tsp

Water – 3 tbsp

Oil – To Deep fry

Chilli Paste:

Dried Red Chilli – 6 nos

Water – 1 Cup

Oil – 2 tsp

Chilli Sauce:

Oil – 1 tbsp

Garlic (finely chopped) – 1 tbsp

Ginger (finely chopped) – 2 tsp

Green Chilli (roughly chopped) – 1 no

Onion (cubed) – 1 no

Capsicum (cubed) – 1 no

Chilli Sauce – 1 tbsp

Tomato Sauce – 2 tbsp

Soy Sauce – 2 tsp

Vinegar – ½ tsp

Salt – ½ tsp

Black Pepper Powder – ¼ tsp

Corn Flour – 2 tsp

Water – ¼ Cup

Spring Onion – 2 tbsp

How to make a chilli chicken recipe

(Cooking Instructions)

1. Bring 1 Cup of water to a boil. Add the red chillies and cook for 5 minutes.

2.And Add the cooked red chillies in to the mixer grinder and grind it into a smooth paste.

3. In a pan, heat 2 tsp of oil. Add the ground chilli paste. Cook this chilli paste  until the oil separates from the chilli paste.

4. In a mixing bowl, add cornflour, and maida, &salt, pepper and water. Mix (them)to form a batter to deep-fry the chicken pieces.

5. Add chicken pieces to the batter.

6. Heat oil in a deep frying pan and deep-fry the chicken pieces for around 3-4 mins or until it is cooked. Keep Aside.

7. In another pan, to make Chilli sauce and, heat oil,& add the chopped garlic and ginger. Saute this until the garlic turns into  golden brown colour. Add the chopped green chilli.

8. Add the cubed onions and cubed capsicum and continue to saute for a minute.

9. Add the chilli paste, chilli sauce, tomato sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, salt and pepper. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.

10. Mix 2 tsp of cornflour in ¼ cup of water to form a slurry.

11. Add the cornflour slurry to the pan.

12. Mix well, once the sauce is in the desired consistency, add the batter-fried chicken cubes and toss for a minute.

13. Add the chopped spring onions and remove from heat.

Serve hot as an appetizer.