Chinese Garlic Chicken Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a Chinese preparation of chicken tossed in flavours of garlic, that is made into a semi-gravy, goes best with noodles or fried rice.
Chinese Style Garlic Chicken
I have a addiction to Indo chinese foods. Specially non veg dishes. They are so delicious. I try to cook a indo chinese feast at home atleast once in a week or two. Today is that day, I made veg noodles, garlic chicken and chilli chicken..It was so yum..
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Ingredients for Chinese Style Garlic Chicken
For Chicken:
- Boneless Chicken - ½ kg
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 4 tblspn
- Cornflour / Cornstarch - 4 tblspn
- Salt to taste
- Black Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
- Soy Sauce - 1 tsp
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Water as needed
- Oil for Deep Frying
For Gravy:
- Oil - 2 tblspn
- Butter - 1 tblspn
- Dry Red Chillies - 3 broken
- Ginger - 1 tsp chopped finely
- Garlic - 1 tblspn Chopped Finely
- Onion - 1 medium size chopped finely
- Garlic - 10 cloves pureed
- Tomato Ketchup - 2 tblspn
- Soy Sauce - 1.5 tsp
- Green Chilli Sauce - 2 tblspn
- Vinegar - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Ajinomoto - a pinch (optional, i didn't use)
- Black Pepper Powder - 2 tsp
- Cornflour / Cornstarch - 1 tsp
- Spring Onion a handful finely chopped
- Water as needed for gravy
If you are a garlic lover like me, you will love it for sure..It has a lovely aroma of garlic but not at all over powering..I am sure you need to have some mints after this meal to freshen up your breath..
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
How to Make Chinese Style Garlic Chicken Recipe
- Start by frying chicken, take chicken and other ingredients except oil in a bowl and mix really well.
- Heat oil for deep frying, fry chicken in hot oil till golden brown, drain and set aside.
- Now heat oil and butter in a pan. Add in chillies and fry till light brown.
- Add in chopped ginger and garlic. Saute for a min.
- Now add in onions, garlic puree and fry till raw smell leaves.
- Add in all the sauces and mix well.Add in salt and sugar as well.
- Then add in water and bring this to a boil.
- Now add in fried chicken pieces and simmer for 3 to 4 mins.
- Mix cornflour with some water and pour that in to thicken the gravy.
- Add in pepper and spring onion, give one final stir.
- Serve with fried rice, noodles or pulav.
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Chinese Style Garlic Chicken Recipe
Chinese Style Garlic Chicken Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a chinese preparation of chicken tossed in flavors of garlic, that is made into a semi-gravy, goes best with noodles or fried rice.
Ingredients
- For Chicken:
- Boneless Chicken - ½ kg
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 4 tblspn
- Cornflour / Cornstarch - 4 tblspn
- Salt to taste
- Black Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
- Soy Sauce - 1 tsp
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Water as needed
- Oil for Deep Frying
- For Gravy:
- Oil - 2 tblspn
- Butter - 1 tblspn
- Dry Red Chillies - 3 broken
- Ginger - 1 tsp chopped finely
- Garlic - 1 tblspn Chopped Finely
- Onion - 1 medium size chopped finely
- Garlic - 10 cloves pureed
- Tomato Ketchup - 2 tblspn
- Soy Sauce - 1.5 tsp
- Green Chilli Sauce - 2 tblspn
- Vinegar - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Ajinomoto - a pinch optional, i didn't use
- Black Pepper Powder - 2 tsp
- Cornflour / Cornstarch - 1 tsp
- Spring Onion a handful finely chopped
- Water as needed for gravy
Instructions
- Start by frying chicken, take chicken and other ingredients except oil in a bowl and mix really well.
- Heat oil for deep frying, fry chicken in hot oil till golden brown, drain and set aside.
- Now heat oil and butter in a pan. Add in chillies and fry till light brown.
- Add in chopped ginger and garlic. Saute for a min.
- Now add in onions, garlic puree and fry till raw smell leaves.
- Add in all the sauces and mix well.Add in salt and sugar as well.
- Then add in water and bring this to a boil.
- Now add in fried chicken pieces and simmer for 3 to 4 mins.
- Mix cornflour with some water and pour that in to thicken the gravy.
- Add in pepper and spring onion, give one final stir.
- Serve with fried rice, noodles or pulav.
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megz
Hi Aarthi..Soooo Yummy....
Y do u add sugar along with salt in most of ur curries?
Matheen
hello aarthi i tried this garlic chicken it turned out very well.......actually i tried many of yoiur chicken n mutton rcps,its very simple and i like your pictorial..............many thanks by Aysha
megz
Hi Aarthi..lovely recipe
Wanted to know y u add sugar in gravies..?
Moon Jashnani
Thanku so much aarti di love u n ur recipes
Aarthi
@megzsugar balances the taste.And it is my secret touch.
Revathi Ramkumar
Any substitute for green chilly sauce
Aarthi
@Revathi Ramkumarjust skip it..
Anonymous
Any substitute for vinegar. Please reply soon.
Shankara Raman
Looks Nice I'am trying it