Dragon chicken

Jul 28, 2021
By Mary Anthony
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DRAGON CHICKEN RECIPE / INDO CHINESE STARTER RECIPE / RESTAURANT STYLE DRAGON CHICKEN / CHICKEN STARTER RECIPE

This dish, made of chicken and not dragons, is probably named thus because of its red colour, like a fire-breathing chicken…

Dragon Chicken is easy to make and can be cooked in 45 minutes. Dragon Chicken is best to eat as an appetizer..

This we had in a restaurant in Tamil Nadu – SAV highway hotel [ kaval kinaru ] This dish tempted me to make this recipe and yes I could do justice to it .

It is a popular Indo-Chinese chicken recipe. Thin long strips of chicken breast are marinated andthen batter fried. It is then tossed with cashews, veggies and sauces. Serve it as a starter or side dish with fried rice or noodles .

INGREDIENTS

Boneless chicken strips – 250 gms marinated with little salt + ½ tsp pepper
All purpose flour/ maida – ¼ cup
Cornflour – 2 tbsp
Baking powder – ½ tsp
Egg – 1
Water – approximately ¼ cup
Garlic minced – 2 tbsp
Dried red chillies – 4
Onion sliced- 1 small
Cashew nuts – 20 nos [ split it ]
Capsicum thinly sliced – 1
Red Chilli sauce – 2 tbsp
Soya sauce – 1 tbsp
Tomato sauce – 3 tbsp
Sweet chilli sauce – 2 tbsp [ optional ]
Water – 6 tbsp
Salt to taste
Sugar – 1 tsp
White sesame seeds as needed
Finely chopped spring onion greens
Oil- 1 tbsp + oil for deep frying

PREPARATION

Cut the boneless chicken into 2 inch strips. Add salt + pepper powder and mix well. Set aside for minimum 15 mins or more.
Make a batter of beaten egg + maida + pepper pwdr + baking pwdr + corn flour + food colour + salt
Add the marinated chicken into the batter and mix well.
Heat oil in a deep pan .Add the cashew and fry till golden . remove and keep aside .
Slide in the chicken strips and fry the chicken in small batches till golden and crisp. Takes roughly around 4-5 mins on medium flame as the chicken is chopped thinly . Drain and keep aside .
Make a mixture of all the sauces + sugar + 6 tbsp water and keep aside.