Chilly Chicken

One of the widely spread Indo-Chinese dishes and liked by most! I am lost for words today and hence let's straight away dive into the recipe. This is inspired from Chaitrali's 'I-m-not-a-Chef'.

Ingredients

Boneless chicken - 1 cup (cut into bitesize pieces)

For marination:

Egg - 1

Cornflour - 1/4 tbsp

Dark soya sauce - 1 tsp

Pepper powder - to taste

Salt - to taste

For the sauce:

Garlic - 8-10 cloves, finely chopped

Onion - 1 medium sized, finely chopped or diced

Capsicum - 1 medium sized, finely chopped or diced

Red chilli sauce - 1/2 tbsp

Green chilli sauce - 1/2 tbsp

Soya sauce - 1 tsp

Cornflour - 1 tsp

Chicken / Vegetable Stock - 1/2 cup (I used Maggi Cube dissolved in 1/2 cup water)

Green chillies - 2-3, finely chopped (as per spice tolerance, increase or decrease)

Salt and sugar as required.

Method:

1. Marinate the chicken pieces with egg, pepper powder, salt, soya sauce and keep aside for 15 mins.

2. Deep fry in oil till golden brown and keep aside.

3. Heat a tbsp of oil in a pan. Add chopped garlic and saute for a while.

4. Then add green chillies and continue to saute.

5. Add onions and capsicum and continue to saute. Add all green chilli sauce, red chilli sauce and soya sauce and combine.

6. Add the fried chicken pieces and toss well. Add chicken stock.

7. Mix a tsp of cornflour in a little water and add.

8. Add salt and sugar and combine.

Note:

If you are serving this for a getogether, keep the fried chicken pieces and the sauce ready. Combine just before serving.