Hunan chicken
HUNAN CHICKEN
INGREDIENTS
- Boneless chicken cubed – 250 gms
- Soya sauce – 1 tsp
- Maida – ½ cup
- Cornflour – 3 tbsp
- Pepper pwdr – 1 ½ tsp
- Baking soda – a generous pinch or ½ tsp eno pwdr to make the batter light
- Oil to deep fry
- Salt to taste
- Olive oil – 1 tbsp [any oil will do ]
- Finely minced ginger + garlic – 1 tbsp
- Finely chopped red chilli – 2 or 3
- Finely chopped spring onion – ¼ cup [white part ]
- Capsicum strips – ¼ cup
- Tomato ketchup /sauce – 1 tbsp
- Honey – 1 tbsp
- Vinegar – ½ tsp
- Soya sauce – 1 ½ tsp
- Finely chopped spring onion greens for garnish – 2 tbsp
PREPARATION
- Clean ,wash and rinse the chicken .chop it into small cubes . Pat dry the chicken cubes with kitchen towel .
- Marinate the chicken with 1 tsp soya sauce + salt and keep aside for sometime.
- Make a batter of maida + cornflour + salt + 1 tsp pepper pwdr + baking pwdr /eno + water .
- Make a mixture of chilli sauce + soya sauce + tomato ketchup + honey + 1 tbsp water + vinegar and keep aside .
- Dry roast the sesame seeds .
- ***** Keep all the ingredients ready befor u start .
METHOD –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v3IHWmBWXk
Add the marinated chicken into the batter and mix well .
Heat oil in a deep pan .
Take each chicken piece at a time ,coat it well with the batter and slide it into the hot oil.
Fry in small batches ,don’t overcrowd the pan .
Stir and fry till it is cooked , golden brown and crisp .
Remove on an absorbent paper and keep aside.
Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in another pan . [you can add little butter ]
Add the minced garlic + ginger and stir fry . [colour should not change ]
Add spring onion + chopped red chilli and fry .
Add capsicum and stir fry .[it should have the crunch ,don’t over cook ]
Add pepper pwdr + salt + sauce mixture .
Mix well .
Add the batter fried chicken and mix well ,till it is coated from all sides .[u can toss it ]
Off the flame and garnish with spring onion greens + roasted sesame seeds .
Serve hot as a starter ,infact you can also stuff it in bread or chapatti and relish it .
NOTES
- You can red or yellow capsicum to add more colour to the dish.
- Same recipe can be tried with Manchurian balls /paneer / prawns .
- Instead of honey we can sugar.
- While making the batter instead of using baking soda ,u can use soda water to make the batter.
- You can also add green chilli to increase the hotness.
- You can add little red food colour to the batter ,to make the dish look more bright ,just like it is served in restaurants .
hunan chicken
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