Chili Chicken |Restaurant Style Chili Chicken Appetizer

Last Updated on June 10, 2020 by Babita

Chili Chicken is an Indo-Chinese appetizer that is very popular in larger cities/towns in India. It is spicy, sweet, tangy and crispy, chicken recipe that will appeal to your taste buds in every way possible.

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There are Two Variations of Chili Chicken

• The first one is the dry recipe of chili chicken. This one is coated with the sauce and it is cooked until all the sauce has been absorbed by the chicken. This is most popularly served as an appetizer.
• The second recipe of chili chicken is the one where the chicken is served with plenty of sauce. This one is served as an entree with either rice or noodles on the side.

Dry Chili Chicken recipe

My recipe for Chili Chicken is the dry version. I make this all the time especially when I have guests over. It is one of my most popular recipes. My family loves this recipe and it gets over in a blink of an eye every time I make it.

Ingredients for frying chicken

• 1 1/2 lbs of boneless chicken (dark meat)
• 2 Tablespoon All-purpose Flour
• 4 Tablespoon Cornstarch
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 tsp black pepper powder
• few drops of red food coloring
• salt as per taste
• Oil for deep frying

Ingredients for the Chili Sauce

• 4 Tablespoon oil
• 2 Teaspoon Ginger-Garlic paste
• 5 to 6 green chilis
• 2 Teaspoon Soy sauce
• 2 Teaspoon White Vinegar
• 5 Tablespoon Chili Sauce
• 1 1/2 Teaspoon Sugar
• 8 curry leaves
• few drops of red food coloring (optional)
• 1/4 cup water

Preparation for Fried Chicken

• Wash and cut the chicken in small pieces.
• In a bowl, add eggs and beat them well. To this add all-purpose flour, cornstarch, black pepper powder salt, and red food coloring. Mix them well until there are no lumps.
• Add the chicken pieces to the bowl. Mix thoroughly and let it marinate for 15 minutes.
• In a kadhai or saucepot heat oil. Add chicken pieces and deep fry them until all are done. Deep fry each batch for up to 7 mins each.

Preparation for the Chili Sauce

• In another bowl, add ginger-garlic paste, green chilis, soy sauce, white vinegar, sugar, water and mix them together and set aside.

Final Instructions for Combining Chicken With Sauce

• Add oil to a saucepan and allow it to heat.
• Add curry leaves to the hot oil.
• Once the curry leaves stop spluttering, add the sauce mixture into the pan, and cook for a minute.
• Add the fried chicken pieces and make sure to coat every piece with the sauce. Cook on low flame until all sauce has been absorbed by the chicken.
• Garnish with chopped green onions and serve hot.

Which Chili Sauce is Good For this Recipe

For this recipe, I have used the Sriracha Chili Sauce. Previously I have also used Chings Chili Sauce which is an Indian brand and available in most Indian stores as well as Amazon.

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