Weekend special and a hot favourite in my house.Every saturday it is a demand and I try it make it as kids love.I enjoy making this chinese preparation as it is super easy to make if few ingredients are at home.Spice level you can increase as per your family need but I keep it medium as my kids eat this too.I use boness thigh chicken pieces it remains juicy and tender.Cut it small bite size pieces so that it cooks faster.Marinate the chicken for atleast 30 min. Nowardays people love chinese food.Serve this with noodles or fried rice.
Serves 4 to 6 people
Cooking time 5 min
Preparation time 30 min
Marination required atleast 30 min
Ingredients needed to make this preparation are as follows
Boneless thigh chicken pieces bite size-500 gm
Onions diced 2 medium
Bellpeppers diced 1/2(red and green)
Green chillies chopped-6
Ginger chopped-1 tp
Garlic chopped-1 tp
Ginger paste-1tp
Garlic paste-1tp
Vinegar 1 tbsp for marination,1 tbsp for the sauce
Soyasauce 1 and half tbsp
Fish sauce 1tp
Salt and sugar to taste
Black pepper powder 1/2 tp for marination,1/2 for sauce
Tomato Ketchup-2tbsp
Flour-3 tbsp
Cornflour 1 and half tbsp for marination,1/2 for thickening the sauce
Egg 1
Chopped Spring onion to garnish
White oil for frying and cooking
Method
First marinate the chicken with ginger,garlic,vinegar,black pepper powder,salt ,sugar,flour,cornflour and egg.Cover and keep it in the fridge for 30 min.
After half an hour deep fry the chicken till light golden and drain it on the kitchen towel.
Now add the 1tbsp same oil used for frying the chicken and first add chopped ginger and garlic and saute for seconds.Then add diced onions,green chillies and bellpeppers and sugar.Saute in high flame for 1 min and then add tomato ketchup,soya sauce,salt,fish sauce,pepper powder,vinegar in high flame and saute for few min and then add enough water to make a semi thick sauce.
Once the sauce starts to boil for atleast a min then add fried chicken and cook for few min.
Now add cornflour mixed with water to make the sauce semi thick.cook for atleast 3 min .
Garnish with spring onions and serve hot.
Recipe by Dimple Chakraborty
Photography Dimple
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