Indian Chili Chicken
Indian Chili Chicken is A spicy and delicious appetizer based on Indo-Chinese cuisine made with battered fried chicken and coated with reduced gravy made with soy, ginger garlic and chilli
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 246kcal
Ingredients
Chicken
- 1 pound chicken organic boneless cut into small bite sized
- 4 tbsp oil
For batter
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp Corn flour
- ½ tsp Red Chilli powder Kashmiri
- ½ tsp pepper powder Black
- 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- ½ tsp Ching's Chili chicken powder optional
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 tbsp water or just enough to make a batter that coats
For sauce
- 4 scallions spring onions or (Set aside the ends for garnish)
- 3-4 green chillies adjust as needed
- 10 garlic finely chopped
- 1 inch ginger finely chopped
- 1 green bell pepper diced into cubes
- ½ onion diced into cubes
- 1 tbsp Chilli garlic sauce
- 3 tbsp Soy sauce Ching's dark
- 1 tbsp Cornflour mixed with water about 2 tbsp
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Ching's Chili chicken powder optional
For garnish
- 1 tsp white sesame seeds
- 2 tsp ginger julienne cut
- ½ cup spring onions ends
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into bite sized pieces
- Make a batter of the ingredients in the batter section
- Mix the chicken well into the batter and marinate in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours
- Next, heat a pan with oil and either deep fry or shallow fry in batches and make sure it is cooked well.
- Drain on to a paper towel
- .For the sauce, heat oil in a shallow pan and add the white part of the spring onions
- Next add the garlic,ginger, green chilies, bell peppers and onions
- Add the sauces soy sauce, chili garlic sauce and sautee well
- Add a little water and boil and let it simmer
- Add the corn flour water mix and wait till it thickens
- Add the Ching's chili chicken powder if using (optional)
- Once the gravy is thick , mix the fried chicken and makesure it is coated well
- Garnish with ginger, green onions and white sesame seeds
- Serve with rice or noodles, enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 55g | Calories: 246kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 1749mg | Potassium: 425mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 313IU | Vitamin C: 24mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg
