Chilli chicken dry recipe | How to make easy dry chilli chicken

This dry Chinese chilli chicken is an absolutely lip-smacking appetizer. This dish actually salty-sour and spicy hot in taste. But I make it, little sweeter, with tanginess & spicy hot in my recipe. This recipe great at every occasion, but a perfect appetizer for a cocktail party, without it, can't imagine the party. The combination of garlic and ginger red chilli paste with Chinese sauces make this dish just awesome. I'll show the authentic way to make this appetizer here. please stick here to get the absolute recipe.

Preparation time - 1.30hr (marination time included)

Cooking time - 30 minutes 

Serving person - 5 persons

Ingredients:

(For Marination)

Chicken boneless - 600gm

Vinegar - 1tbsp

All-purpose flour - 4tbsp

Corn flour - 6tbsp

Ginger paste - 1/2tbsp

Garlic paste - 1/2tbsp

Soya sauce - 2tbsp

Red chilli sauce or paste - 1 tbsp

Red chilli powder - 1tbsp

Black pepper powder - 1tbsp

Egg - 1 piece

Salt - 1tsp

Oil - for frying

(For the sauce)

Fish sauce(optional for good aroma) - 1tbsp

Chicken broth powder - 1tbsp (optional for the better taste)

Soya sauce - 2tbsp

Green Chilli sauce - 2tbsp

Red chilli sauce - 2tbsp

Honey - 1tbsp

Tomato ketchup - 4tbsp

Vinegar - 4tbsp

water - 1/4 cup

(For the stir fry)

refined oil - 3tbsp

salt - to taste

Chopped green chillies - 4 pieces

Chopped garlic - 2tbsp

Chopped ginger - 1/2 tbsp

Onion - 3 pieces (1inch squares)

Large coloured capsicum - 2 different colour (1inch squares)

Spring onions - 3 to 4 chopped for garnish

Cooking & Preparation Method :

• In a large bowl mix, all the marination ingredients listed under marination section ( soya sauce, egg, ginger paste, garlic paste, red chilli sauce, red chilli powder, salt, black pepper powder, vinegar, mix the ingredients with chicken and then add chicken pieces to coat the spices properly. Now add cornflour and all-purpose flour into the marination and coat them to chicken pieces. Leave is with cover for about 1 hour into the fridge.

• Now Chop the spring onions & cut the onions and colour capsicums into 1-inch squares, keep aside the veggies.

•  Now take a big Kadai to add oil for frying the marinated chicken pieces.

• Heat oil for deep fry at least (350℃ F). Now fry the marinated chicken pieces into batches for about 4 to 5 minutes.

• While you see the colour of chickens are getting golden brown move from the frying oil keep aside. (do not fry them too long otherwise chicken pieces get rubbery)

• Now take another Kadai heat 3 tbsp oil and stir fry the veggies with added chopped ginger, garlic and green chillies. After few minutes of sautéing them add soya sauce, fish sauce, chicken broth powder, green chilli sauce, red chilli sauce, tomato ketchup, honey & salt(add very less), sauté them for 5 to 6 minutes at medium flame.

• Now put 1/4 cup of water in to stir fry veg mix all the ingredients with water and cook them for 5 minutes at high heat.

• When water dries out add fried chicken pieces and tosses into sauce and veggies for 4 to 5 minutes.

• Finish with vinegar and chopped spring onion to mix them for few seconds.

• Serve hot with fried rice or cocktails.

Hope this lip-smacking Chinese chilli chicken recipe you will like it, this is very easy to make, I made 3 different sections of cooking ingredients which will help you to make this easier. Please try this and tell me about the taste of it. Any questions about the recipe please let me know in the comment section below. For more recipe like this please stay tuned into my channel. till then try this another Asian dish which will goes best with this dry chilli chicken, get the recipe by click here.