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| Chinese Hot and Spicy Chicken |
I learnt my Chinese lessons pretty fast and the recipes came in thick. This was prepared specially for the wife on a Sunday afternoon. We both loved the strong flavour of this dish and it completed the Szechwan Fried rice pretty well.
Serves: 2-3
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Ingredients:
- Boneless Chicken: 300 gms. Diced into around 25 pcs.
- Cornflour: 4 tbsp.Heaped.
- Beaten Egg: Half.
- Salt: To taste
- Vegetable Oil for deep frying
Procedure:
- Mix all the above ingredients together and keep aside for 15 mins.
- Heat vegetable oil in a wok.
- Once the oil gets nice and hot, add the chicken pieces.
- Fry the chicken till the colour turns yellowish brown.
- Once fried, let the chicken pieces rest on a tissue so that the excess oil gets strained.
For the sauce
- The Fried Chicken Cubes
- Black Pepper Powder – 1/2 tsp
- Garlic – 6-8 cloves.Finely Chopped.
- Ginger – 1/4th ich.Finely Chopped.
- Dry Red Chili – 4-5.Cut into small pieces
- Green Chilies – 4.Cut into small pieces
- Vegetable Oil – 3 tbsp
- Sugar: 1 tbsp
- Salt – To taste
Sauces:
- Tabasco Sauce – 1.5 tbsp
- Worchestershire Sauce – 1 tbspc
- Soya Sauce – 2 tsp
- Green Chili Sauce – 2 tsp
Procedure
- Heat the vegetable oil in a wok
- Once the oil get hot, add the – black pepper powder, ginger, garlic, green chilies, dry red chilies – all at the same time.
- Once an invigorating smell evolves, add all the sauces and sugar
- After about two minutes, add the fried chicken pieces
- Stir fry the enire mixture for 3-4 mins under medium heat.
- Mix the ingredients thoroughly.
- Then add salt to taste and very little amount of water(less than 1/2 cup). Add more water depending upon the amount of gravy required.
- Cook covered for 10 mins and serve.
