Thursday, July 22, 2010

Chilli Chicken


Hi guys i know very well you love Chinese cuisine otherwise you wont be checking this page, right huh ;) ?? Here in north India we are having quite lot of rainfalls these days and even today i had to skip my classes due to same reason. Usually as trend we are into having something sweet during such day but i decided to have Chinese which turned out quite well. In this Chilli Chicken i havent put lot of stuff, just some basic ingredients required for anything Chinese, which anyone can easily cook.


So here we go.................


Ingredients
500 gm boneless chicken, cut into small bite size pieces
2 tbsp corn flour
1 egg
salt, to taste
1/2 tsp crushed peppercorns
1 tsp ajinomoto
3-4 medium onions, diced and open all the way
200 gm bell pepper, diced or julienne cut
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp chopped ginger-garlic
3-4 dry red chillies, seedless
4-5 tbsp tomato ketchup


Method.. ..
1. Marinate chicken pieces with 1 tbsp cornflour, lil bit salt, pepper, half ajinomoto and egg. Keep it aside for 10-15 minutes.



2. Deep fry the chicken pieces up to golden brown.



3. Now to make the gravy, heat 2-3 tbsp oil in a frying pan and add dry red chillies, saute for 10-15 seconds.


4. Add chopped ginger-garlic and cook for another couple of seconds.


5. Add onions, followed by salt and rest of pepper powder and ajinomoto.


6. Add bell pepper, saute for 1-2 minutes.


7. Add soy sauce and ketchup, mix well.


8. add 50 ml water and stir well. now mix rest of the corn flour in 3-4 tbsp water and add into the gravy to make it thick.


9. Add chicken pieces and stir for few minutes.


10. Serve hot with steamed rice or bread.


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