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| Lemon Ginger Chicken |
The rains have been generous this season and that has resulted in lower temperatures all throughout the generally fiery summer. There were several Kal Boisakhis is May, and accompanying the Kal Boisakhis were depressions that resulted in heavy rainfall spread over several days.And in June it has been raining right from the first and we are having really cooler nights and have been able to sleep well for most of the summer season.I have also been lucky to find time for blogging which had come to be stop till sometime back due to several engagements and the cooking experiments are fully on now.I have been loving the “Indo Chinese” chicken recipes and have tried on several variations which have resulted in various flavours.
This one is called Lemon Ginger Chicken.As with Indo-Chinese recipes, first prepare soft Chicken Pakodas and then prepare the sauce.
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 40 mins
Tastes best with: Drinks
Frying the Chicken:
Ingredients:
- Boneless Chicken: 500 gms.Cut into around 45-50 pcs.
- Cornflour:6 tbsp
- Beaten Egg: 1
- Salt: To taste.
- Vegetable Oil:For deep frying
Procedure:
- Beat an egg in a container and keep aside.
- Mix some amount of salt with the conflour and keep in a plate.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a wok.
- When the oil gets hot:
- Dip the chicken pieces first in the beaten egg
- Then coat them with the cornflour
- Deep fry in the oil until they acquire a whitish yellow colour.
- Keep aside the Chicken pieces in a tissue to soak in the excess oil.
For the sauce:
Ingredients:
- Fried Chicken Balls
- Dry Red Chili: 1
- Lemon Squeeze: 2 tbsp
- Crushed Black Pepper:1/2 tsp
- Chopped Ginger:1.5 tsp
- Soya Sauce: 2 tbsp
- Chili Sauce: 1 tsp
- Vegetable Oil: 3 tbsp
- Sugar: 1.5 tbsp
- Ajinomoto: 0.5 tsp
- Salt: To taste
Procedure:
- Heat the vegetable oil in a wok.
- When the oil become hot, add the Dry red chili,Crushed Black Pepper,Chopped Ginger and Ajinomoto
- After half a minute, add the Soya sauce and Chili sauce
- Stir for a minute, then add the fried Chicken balls.
- Under medium heat stir fry for 8-10 mins.
- Then add the Lemon Squeeze,Sugar and salt to taste
- Turn the heat to low and mix the ingredients well for another 10 mins and then serve.
