Crispy Chicken in Hot Garlic Sauce

Name: Crispy Chicken in Hot Garlic Sauce
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3-4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 400 gms boneless chicken breast strips; 2 tbsp cornflour; 1 tbsp all-purpose flour; 1 egg white; 1/4 th tsp salt; 1/4 th tsp black pepper powder; 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder; 1 pinch orange red food colour; 1 tsp ginger garlic paste; 1 tbsp vinegar; 1 tsp soya sauce; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp green chilli sauce; For the sauce :; 1 tsp cooked red chilli paste; 1 tsp Schezwan Sauce; 2 tbsp Hot and Sweet Tomato Chilli Sauce; 1 tsp Dark Soya Sauce; 1 tsp vinegar; 1/2 tsp salt or as needed; 1 tsp honey or sugar; 1 pinch ajinomoto; 7-8 garlic cloves minced; 1/2 tsp ginger minced finely; 2 green chillies sliced; 1 medium onion sliced; 1 medium capsicum sliced; 1 tbsp coriander chopped; 1 tsp cornflour; 1/4 th cup warm water

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Crispy Chicken in Hot Garlic Sauce is a flavourful Indo-Chinese starter. Marinated juicy strips of chicken breast are coated in a batter and double fried to perfection till crispy.They are then dunked in a homemade Hot Garlic Sauce and tossed to coat well. Serve this easy to make recipe as an appetizer at parties or relish the flavours of an authentic Indo-Chinese cuisine at the comfort of your home.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

30 minutes

3-4 servings

400 gmsboneless chicken breast strips
2 tbspcornflour
1 tbspall-purpose flour
1egg white
1/4th tsp salt
1/4th tsp black pepper powder
1 tspKashmiri Red Chilli Powder
1 pinchorange red food colour
1 tspginger garlic paste
1 tbspvinegar
1 tspsoya sauce
1 tspbaking powder
1 tspgreen chilli sauce
For the sauce :
1 tspcooked red chilli paste
1 tspSchezwan Sauce
2 tbspHot and Sweet Tomato Chilli Sauce
1 tspDark Soya Sauce
1 tspvinegar
1/2 tspsalt or as needed
1 tsphoney or sugar
1 pinchajinomoto
7-8garlic cloves minced
1/2 tspginger minced finely
2green chillies sliced
1medium onion sliced
1medium capsicum sliced
1 tbspcoriander chopped
1 tspcornflour
1/4th cup warm water
1/2 cupoil for deep frying chicken

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Cut chicken breast into thin strips.Wash and drain water completely. Transfer the chicken in a bowl and add salt, soy sauce,chilli sauce, Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder, 1 pinch orange red food colour,vinegar and black or white pepper powder. Mix well and marinate for half hour.
2

To make the batter, add cornflour, refined flour,baking powder, salt, black pepper powder in a bowl.Add an egg white and 3 to 4 tbsp water.Mix all and whisk to make a semi thin slurry.Add the marinated chicken in the batter.Mix well so that batter coats all chicken strips.Heat half cup oil in a pan and carefully drop batter coated chicken and fry in batches in medium flame till golden brown.Strain chicken on a seive to remove excess oil.Flash fry and add it to the sauce for extra crispness.
3

Deseed and soak 10 to 12 Kashmiri Red Chillies in hot water for one hour. Grind them to a fine paste.Use 1 tsp of this red chilli paste to make the sauce.Remove excess oil from pan.In 2 tbsp oil saute ginger, garlic and green chillies over high flame.Then stir fry onion and capsicum.Next add the prepared red chilli paste, schezwan sauce, Hot and Sweet Tomato Chilli Sauce, soy sauce,vinegar and ajinomoto. Add salt and sugar or honey to taste.Add 3 to 4 tbsp hot water and simmer.
4

To thicken the sauce, make a slurry of cornflour stirring constantly till the sauce is ready.Add the crispy fried chicken to the sauce and toss till sauce coats chicken.Restaurant style crispy chicken is ready to be served.