Chicken Manchurian

Name: Chicken Manchurian
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: Serves 4 servin
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 400 gms chicken(cubed); 1 egg (beaten); 1 tbsp cornflour; 1 tbsp all purpose flour; 4 tbsp oil for deep frying; 1/2 tsp crushed ginger; 1/2 tsp crushed garlic; Few slit green chillies; 1 capsicum sliced thinly; 2 medium onions cubed; 1 handful chopped coriander and spring onion for garnishing; 2 tbsp soya sauce; 2 tbsp hot and sweet tomato sauce; 1 tsp green chilli sauce; Pinch ajinomoto or 1 chicken cube; 1 tbsp vinegar; 1 tsp black pepper powder; Pinch orange red food colour; to taste Salt; 2 tsp garlic paste

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

Chicken Manchurian is a famous Indo-Chinese dish with an adaptation of Chinese seasoning and Indian cooking techniques.This dish can be made with chicken mince fried into balls or boneless chicken cubes.This dish can be served with fried rice ,pan fried noodles or hakka noodles.This dish can be made dry or gravy by adding chicken stock accordingly.Batter fried chicken pieces in a ginger garlic and Chinese sauce based thick gravy are just one of the delicious things that goes to make Manchurian. Besides chicken , soya, paneer, baby corn, mushroom, cauliflower, mixed veg balls, prawns etc are equally delicious.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

30 mins

Serves 4 servin

400 gmschicken(cubed)
1egg (beaten)
1 tbspcornflour
1 tbspall purpose flour
4 tbspoil for deep frying
1/2 tspcrushed ginger
1/2 tspcrushed garlic
Few slit green chillies
1capsicum sliced thinly
2medium onions cubed
1 handfulchopped coriander and spring onion for garnishing
2 tbspsoya sauce
2 tbsphot and sweet tomato sauce
1 tspgreen chilli sauce
Pinchajinomoto or 1 chicken cube
1 tbspvinegar
1 tspblack pepper powder
Pinchorange red food colour
to tasteSalt
2 tspgarlic paste

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Steps

30 mins

1

Marinate chicken pieces with little salt, black pepper, cornflour, garlic paste and the beaten egg. Fry the pieces in low flame till chicken is tender.In the remaining oil stir fry the chopped capsicum.Set aside.Fry the chopped green chillies and set aside.
2

In the remaining oil add the crushed ginger and garlic.Then add the cubed onion and fry till transparent.Now add soya sauce, chilli sauce and hot and sweet tomato sauce.Add little chicken stock, capsicum,salt to taste, ajinomoto, food colour and bring to boil.Dip the chicken pieces in the sauce and add little cornflour paste to thicken the gravy so that it coats the chicken.Garnish with fried green chillies, a handful of chopped spring onion and coriander leaves.