Today’s post is one of the very appealing and delicious Chinese recipe, Dragon Chicken. I have tasted this in Chinchaas Restaurant and absolutely loved this chicken starter. Its really quick & easy to prepare with minimum ingredients. This dish can be served as a side dish to go with fried rice, biryani or with roti dishes. Check out this easiest Dragon Chicken recipe which will make your tummy twirl.
Ingredients
Boneless Chicken - ½ kg
Egg - 1
All purpose flour - 3 tbsp
Corn flour - 2 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste -1 tsp
Pepper pwd - ½ tsp
Red chilly pwd - 1 tsp
Dark soy sauce - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
To make Dragon Chicken
Oil - to deep fry
Onions sliced - 1 cup
Capsicum sliced - ½ cup
Cashew -6 to 8
Red chilly - 2
Ginger garlic paste -1 tsp
Dark soy sauce - 1 tsp
Red chilly sauce - 1 tsp
Tomato ketchup - 2 tbsp
Sugar - ½ tsp
Sliced spring onions - to garnish
Fresh coriander leaves
Salt to taste
Instructions
1.
Wash, clean the chicken thoroughly
2.
Chop to bite sized pieces
3.
In a mixing bowl, add corn flour, maida flour, red chilly pwd, salt, ginger garlic paste, pepper pwd, dark soy sauce and egg
4.
Add the chicken pieces and mix well, so that the chicken is coated completely
5.
Let it marinate for minimum 1 hour
6.
Heat oil in a fry pan
7.
Once the oil is hot, drop the marinated chicken pieces carefully
8.
Take care not to overcrowd the oil
9.
Deep fry until the chicken is cooked to crisp and brown
10.
Drain and set aside
11.
Slice onions and capsicum to fine cubes
12.
Heat oil in a pan
13.
Add cashew and red chillies
14.
Saute for a minute
15.
Add in sliced onions and capsicum
16.
Saute in high flame
17.
Add in ginger garlic paste
18.
Fry until raw smell disappears
19.
Add dark soy sauce, red chilly sauce, tomato ketchup , sugar and salt
20.
Mix well until the sauce combines and turn thick
21.
Add ¼ cup of water to ensure the gravy is enough to coat the chicken pieces
22.
Add the fried chicken pieces and saute well in the gravy
23.
Turn off flame
24.
Transfer to serving plate
25.
Garnish with sliced spring onions and coriander leaves
26.
Sprinkle sesame seeds on top