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Chili chicken

An Indo-chinese preparation

Recipe by Lata Anand of Santa Clara, US

11 comments
20 likes

Chili chicken must be the most popular dish that comes to mind when thinking about all the chinese food that has been adapted in India. It goes great with fried rice or chowmein noodles

Ingredients non vegetarian 2 servings

  • 2 tbsps. Onion, chopped
  • 2 tsps. Tomato Ketchup
  • 8 drops Food Color, red
  • Vegetable Oil for frying
  • ½ lb Chicken, boneless
  • 4 tsps. Soy Sauce
  • 1 tsp Vinegar
  • 2 tsps. Corn Flour
  • 1 tbsp All Purpose Flour
  • 1 no. Egg
  • 6 nos. Green Chilies
  • 1 tsp Garlic, chopped
  • 1 tsp Ginger, chopped
  • 1 pinch Ajinomoto
  • 1 tsp Chili Sauce (green)

Directions

  1. Marinate the boneless chicken pieces (one inch cubes) in 2 tsp. Soya sauce, egg white, cornflour and all purpose flour for ten minutes.
  2. Mix together soy sauce (1 tsp), vinegar, tomato ketchup, green chili sauce and red food color. Set aside.
  3. Deep fry marinated chicken till light brown.
  4. Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a wok. Add chopped onions, garlic and ginger and toss for 3-4 minutes.
  5. Add fried chicken pieces, Ajinomoto (MSG) and the sauce prepared earlier. Mix and cook for couple of minutes.
  6. Add julienned green chilies.
  7. Garnish with chopped spring onions and serve with drinks as snacks or with noodles as main course.

Comments

Rumaila

too good yaar love it my whole family loves it AWESOME RECIPE :)

lovloo

thanx to lata anand really chili chicken is very testy but i also afred to use ajinomoto is there any other option pls reply thank you again

Sabiha Khan

IT IS A VERY TASTY CHICKEN CHILLIE RECIPE I HAVE TRIED IT .MY CHILDREN LOVE THIS DISH AND ASK ME TO COOK ALWAYS

salma

salma

VEry nice recipe if u add capcicums in jullian cutting the taste come out more good. thx

Akriti

This is an awesome reciepe!!!

Ashwin

Had this chiken in Mumbai at STOMACH a roadside cafe near Moti Mahal Restaurant Alco Market, evr since then I tried various combination, never got it right. YOUR RECEIPE IS PERFECT. THANKYOU SO MUCH

chitra k wadhwani

its delicious

pratibha roy

hi lata.can i make chili paneer in the same way

Poornima Mendes

hi lata anand this dish is really tasty i have tried it and its awesome!!!

nirmala

hats of thanks to lataanand for giving scuh afantastic chinese recipes.i like to know without ajinomotto in chinese recipes can we get the same taste.b'coz i feared to use MSG for my 3yrs kid. is there any other option in food rather than using MSG. if nay plz tell me.

mrs varsha londhe

it is nice tasty and ca be prepared in few minutes; i like it

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