Pepper chicken is a popular South Indian chicken preparation. Chicken is cooked with onions, curry leaves, green chillies till tender and tossed with freshly ground black pepper which gives its unique taste. When served with rice or roti, this spicy pepper chicken is quite addictive. Learn how to make pepper chicken at home with step by step pictures, instructions and video.
Pepper Chicken Recipe
Yesterday i had my baby shower celebrations in a traditional way. I am brought to my mum's place and i will be here until i get my love in my hands. My hands are filled with so many glass bangles and it is really a lovely experience hearing those sounds. I am loving each seconds. I will be sharing my baby shower pictures very soon in facebook.
About Pepper Chicken Dry Recipe
Now coming back to today's recipe, it is a chicken recipe and my favorite one. I have already posted chinese style pepper chicken recipe in my blog before. This is my Indian version of it. It has lots of Indian masala and stuffs in it. I love this one when served with naan or hot rice.
Chicken cooked in sauted onions, spices, green chillies, curry leaves and crushed black pepper which gives the unique taste and colour to the pepper chicken. Pepper chicken is a dark brown coloured dry dish usually served with rice, roti or naan.
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Pepper Chicken Ingredients
Spicy pepper chicken uses basic ingredients which you already have on hand. This version of pepper chicken is dry. So you have to adjust the water quantity as required.
Fresh Produce
The curry is made with Onions which are sliced thinly, green chillies, curry leaves as the base.
Chicken
I prefer to use one whole chicken which is cut into small pieces. Bone-in chicken results in juicy and tender chicken dish. But if you want you could use boneless chicken thighs.
Spices
The predominant flavor in a pepper chicken is black pepper. Use freshly roasted, coarsely ground black pepper for maximum flavour. I dry roast whole peppercorns for 2 to 3 minutes and allow them to cool. Grind them in a food processor or mortar and pestle till coarse. Add ground pepper only in the end of the cooking.
How to Make Pepper Chicken Dry
Making base
Heat oil in a kadai. Add in fennel seeds and let them crackle. Now add in onions, curry leaves and green chilli. Saute for 5 to 10 mins till it turns light golden. Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min. Add in all the spice powders and salt and mix well.
Cooking
Now add in chicken and toss well with the masala. Cover the kadai and let it cook for 30 to 40 mins till the chicken is cooked. Now open the kadai and cook on a high heat and let the masala gets dry. Add in fresh ground pepper and toss well.
Serving
Squeeze in some lemon juice and coriander leaves and mix well. Serve with rice or any bread.
Pepper Chicken Recipe (Step-wise Photos)
1)Heat oil in a kadai. Add in fennel seeds and let them sizzle.
2)Add in onions, curry leaves and green chilli.
3)Saute till lightly golden
4)Add in ginger garlic paste. Saute for 2 mins till the raw smell from the paste goes and it gets fragrant.
5)Add in spice powders and salt.
6)Saute the spices in hot oil for few seconds till aromatic.
7)Add in chicken.
8)Mix well till the masala coats the chicken pieces.
9)Cover and cook on low heat till chicken gets cooked, may be 20 mins or so.
10)Now chicken is cooked.
11)I cooked the chicken on high heat for few more minutes till the masala gets dry and coats the chicken.
12)Add in coarsely ground fresh black pepper in the end for the pepper flavor
13)Toss well.
14)Finally add in lemon juice.
15)Add in coriander leaves
16)Mix well
17)Serve
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Ingredients
- ½ kg Chicken (cleaned with bone)
- 3 tbsp Oil (Preferably Coconut Oil)
- 1 tsp Fennel Seeds
- 2 large Onion sliced thinly
- 3 Green Chilli
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 2 tbsp Coriander Powder
- 2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp Black Pepper (Freshly ground)
- 1 tsp Lemon Juice
- Coriander Leaves / Cilantro for garnishing
Instructions
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add in fennel seeds and let them crackle.
- Now add in onions, curry leaves and green chilli. Saute for 5 to 10 mins till it turns light golden.
- Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
- Add in all the spice powders and salt and mix well.
- Now add in chicken and toss well with the masala.
- Cover the kadai and let it cook for 30 to 40 mins till the chicken is cooked.
- Now open the kadai and cook on a high heat and let the masala gets dry.
- Add in fresh ground pepper and toss well.
- Squeeze in some lemon juice and coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve with rice or any bread.
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Vanita
Hi. Good Morning Aarthi. I like the way you present your recipes. Very easy. I know that if I want a recipe I can just go through the site & check it out. Congratulations for your Baby Shower & keep us posted. We luv you. Take care. 😀
Corporate to Kitchen
The chicken looks lovely & the color is totally beautiful. This is very similar to the way I make it at home.
Anonymous
fingerlicking gud!!! yummmm
congrats fr ur babyshower and my wishes with u
Mubashira Anjum
Many congo dear...Looking forward the pics in fb 🙂
meera nair
Hi aarthy..in this recipy did u add any chillypowder. I make this easterday it is little yellowish color,yours is dark brown in color. Plz Clarify it.I am your regular blog visiter.congratulations for ur baby shower..
Aarthi
@meera nair No i didn't add any chilli powder, The colour depends on the brand of spice powders which we use. my coriander powder is a home milled one, so it gives a darker colour to the curry. And also the colour comes from the browning of the onions. I hope they tasted good.
Sakshi
Hi...my mouth is watering reading this recipe....I will definitely try it...simply amazing....thank you for sharing it...
Sathya Angel
Hi ... I liked the way it is described pic by pic ..I tried it. It came out really well.. Only thing I missed is the non stick kadai.Simple and easy to make .. The real....indian way...
Sathya Angel
zukriyah
wonderful explanation... with a lovely photos shown step by step. I just love it this kind of style and that's was my favourite recipe and I'll definitely make it!!
Unknown
Hi Aarti...You have an amazing blog. I followed all your baby food recipes for my 10 month old son and he is liking them and he has put on little bit of weight also (he was thin earlier). Thank you so much . Just love your step by step explanation with pictures which not many blogs have. It really helped me. Thank you so much. Keep blogging and i will follow them.
Murali
Thanks for sharing the receipe. Am trying this for the first time today. Hope my mom and sister likes it. Will share the outcome once done.
Murali
Done with the cooking Aarthi. It was good and my sister liked it very much!!! However, the chicken wasn't juicy. It was too dry.
In general while cooking is there some method to keep chicken juicy till it is served??? Please suggest.
Anonymous
It tastes yumm..tried it..v loved it ..! 🙂
Aarthi
@MuraliIf you want your chicken juicy, you have cook to cook it low and slow. Cooking in a cooker helps it turn out juicy and soft
Anonymous
Hi aarthi your recipe maked my Sunday very nice thanks for a simple
And easy recipe. Ayesha
Moumita Guha
Made it today, it was delicious. My father in law and mother in law enjoyed it a lot !!
Thank you
Vinodhini Muthuswamy
Do we need to add water to cook the chicken?
Aarthi
@Vinodhini Muthuswamyno need the chicken will be cooked in its ow juices
Anonymous
Trying this today let's see how it come up
Anonymous
Cooking for my family first time after wedding, and the dish was finger-licking good .. thanks! 🙂
Anonymous
Nice trying now
Padhu R
hi... excellent recipe.. I tried it on last Sunday and it came out very tasty... all at home appreciated.. thanks for sharing. 🙂
Neethu
Thank you for the receipt.. I follow your site a lot.Good work
Sara
Hi Aarthi. I had tried this.It was amazing. I hav started cooking after watching ur blog. The way you run this blog is awesome. Keep it up. Thank you 🙂
niyati shetty
Hi hi hi. My name is niyati. I'm 14 I love chicken alot . Just saw this n now I'll prepare this dish... by the wayy congratulations n thaank you soo much for sharing this eassyy recipe..
Anonymous
Thank you for the recipe it looks yummy 🙂 My family is new to Indian cooking. I am an experienced cook but am unfamiliar with some of the ingredients. Are curry leaves the same as curry powder? if not what are the difference and what do I look for at the market? How hot spicy is this recipe? I have never used so much black pepper in a single dish...I am very interested in trying this so I look forward to your reply. Thank you again, tpm
Aarthi
@Anonymouscurry leaf is not curry powder, These leaves will come from a plant.
This dish is a bit spicy, you can reduce it as per your taste
ktsue
I made this and it was absolutely delicious. My husband proclaimed it one of the best pepper chickens he has ever had. I will definitely be making this again, thank you so much!
Anonymous
Hi:)
I tried Dry Pepper Chicken on last sunday. It turned out really well. Thanks for the recipe. Keep going!!!
kamalaveni
Wow mouthwatering dish
Please tell the onion in gram or cup measure
Aarthi
@kamalavenionion around 300 grams
kamalaveni
Thank you very much for your reply. It's really good.
Shalabh
Wow looks wonderful.
I was just wondering, why haven't you added tomatoes? Also, I read somewhere that coconut milk is to be used.
Will the dish be something different if I add tomatoes and coconut milk?
Aarthi
@Shalabhthis is a different style of recipe
Iris D'Silva
Hi there... Tried this recipe... And I must say... All loved it!! Followed it word to word.. It was sooo delicious!!
Amazing!!
Will try more of ur recipes
Iris
Iris D'Silva
Hi aarti...
Tried this recipe yesterday... It was amazing.. My son loved it! He was so tired of my usual gravies... When made this he loved the taste, the smell.... Thanks dear!!
Iris
Anonymous
hi, aarthi, last night I made tis. It turned out bitter , tink i burned d spices. My baby was very cranky 🙁
what do i do with it now? How can i make it edible now
Aarthi
@Anonymous add some tomato puree and adjust with some salt and a little sugar and make it like a curry. You can add some pureed coconut or cashew puree too
Cibino Ross
Came out very well! So simple n easy too.
Kaajal Bhawnani
Can we use chicken breast for this recipe? If yes then what changes should I do relating to cooking technique and time taken
Aarthi
@Kaajal Bhawnaniu can use chicken breast. reduce cooking time.
PRADYUMN shenoy
I am a 18 year old guy who just started cooking and this is one of my firSt time cooking chicken . Wish me luck and I'll soon try out future recipe. And thanks for this one.
ps very excited ,thanks arthi
Shaheena
Tried this dish today and my family said best pepper chicken ever..Thankyou
Vandita Srivastava
Tried it a couple of times now and my family loved it ... thanks
somewhereonlyinoe
I made this yesterday. I used less sombu as both my husband and I don't like it very strong. This dish turned out really well. Both of us loved it.
Anonymous
Tried this today and it came out very well..
Thanks for the recipe..
Lucknow Chicken Online
I tried this recipe and it is very tasty.The stepwise procedure with images is very good and easy to understand.
Able Johnson
Good Recipe. I tried this and it's extremely good. One suggestion add more onion for more gravy(or is there any other idea?).I know this dish is best in the dry form but my north Indian roommate loved it with more gravy.
Nazeeba
Today im going to make this dish. But I dont have fennel seeds. What can I do. Can I add fennel powder? Please help. I'm new to your blog
Aarthi
yes u can use powder.
Archana
I have prepared this pepper chicken.I have added curd for marination of chiken and I also have added tomato.It tastes so delicious.My husband my friends like this dish a lot.
Thank you so much☺️
sharon
Will boneless chicken breast work? Is fennel seeds/ powder necessary?
Aarthi
yes u can use.u can skip fennel
Harvey leo
A simple way to cook a homemade chicken. It is a very convenient way to cook.I've already tried it.
samyuktha
Tried in earthen clay pan.,Taste Yum..
Very easy recipe for beginners .