Schezwan Chicken

Name: Schezwan Chicken
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 2-4 servings
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 300 gm chicken pieces; 2 spring onion; 1 bellpepper; 1 tbsp vinegar; 1 tbsp ketchup; 1 tbsp soya sauce; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1/2 tsp ginger powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1 egg; Oil for frying; 2 tbsp cornflour; 2 tbsp all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 12-15 kashmiri red chillies; 5 garlic cloves chopped; 1 inch ginger piece minced; 1 onion chopped; 1 tbsp ketchup; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp vinegar; 1 tsp soya sauce; 1/4 cup water

Nazia Qureshi @nazia_qureshi

Karachi, Pakistan

#joy
This is a fusion Indo-Chinese recipe.initially tastes sweet until it drops a fiery hot spice bomb.can be made with wings or drummettes or even boneless.yet I take regular cuts in bit smaller pieces & add chunks of vegies to enhance colour & aroma

Nazia Qureshi @nazia_qureshi

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Ingredients

90 min

2-4 servings

300 gmchicken pieces
2spring onion
1bellpepper
Marination
1 tbspvinegar
1 tbspketchup
1 tbspsoya sauce
1 tspred chilli powder
1 tspgarlic paste
1/2 tspginger powder
1/2 tspsalt
1/2 tspbaking powder
1egg
Oil for frying
2 tbspcornflour
2 tbspall-purpose flour
Schezwan sauce
1/4 cupvegetable oil
12-15kashmiri red chillies
5garlic cloves chopped
1 inchginger piece minced
1onion chopped
1 tbspketchup
2 tbspsugar
1 tspvinegar
1 tspsoya sauce
1/4 cupwater

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Steps

90 min

1

Soak kashmiri red chillies in water for least 30 min.then grind chillies with little water till smooth paste.keep aside
2

Heatvoil.add finely chopped garlic & ginger & fry till row aroma fades away.add finely chop onionsand fry till onion blends in with garlic.add chilli paste & rest of the ingredients. Bring to boil,add water & simmer till sauce thickens,oil separated & shown at surface.
3

Whisk together soya sauce,ketchup,garlic paste,red chilli powder,salt,baking powder in a bowl.add chicken and marinate for least 1 hr.more marination more taste
4

Mix cornflour,all-purpose flour,ginger powder,egg & whisk.add this to chicken & mix well to create thick batter.use hands to mix the batter do as to avoid any lumps & allow proper coating of chicken
5

Fry battered pieces in oil at medium flame till golden.if any batter is left, add 1 tsp oil in pan & fry the batter.add white part of spring onion & bellpepper as well &stir fry.add fried chicken pieces to this fried batter& roll it. This will add to flavour.
6

Warm up the schezwan sauce, add chicken into sauce,mix at low flame to coat chicken fully in sauce.sprinkle chop greens of spring onion on top
7

Enjoy fiery sweet schwezan chicken with fried rice or even noodles

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Nazia Qureshi @nazia_qureshi

on March 27, 2021 19:37

Karachi, Pakistan

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