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I love the flavour of ginger in my chicken dish, i have already shared a ginger pepper chicken recipe in my blog which i love so much. It is so easy to make but taste so yum..I make ginger chicken little different too, it is made by frying chicken separately and tossing it in a ginger flavoured sauce, it taste good too, goes really well with noodles and fried rice.. But i always wanted to post a spicy yet complete ginger flavoured chicken dish. Thats when i came across this post from ria’s blog and totally loved it..
I made it the coming week itself and it turned out to be super good. I planned to get some boneless chicken and try this out, but unfortunately i couldn’t get my hands on them. So i used fresh bonein chicken, still it tasted good.
I hope you will try this out and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Marinating Time : 30 mins
Cooking Time : 45 to 50 mins
Serves : 4
Recipe Source: Ria’s Collection
Ingredients:
Chicken – 500 grams ( Use boneless if you can)
Salt to taste
Dark Soy Sauce – 1.5 tblspn
Vinegar – 1.5 tblspn
Chilli Powder – 1 tblspn or to taste
Pepper Powder – 1 tblspn
Green Chilli – 2 chopped roughly
Tomato Ketchup – 4 tblspn
Salt to taste
Oil – 5 tblspn
Coriander Leaves / Cilantro – 3 tblspn finely chopped
For Grinding:
Onion – 2 large peeled and chopped
Ginger – 1/2 cup peeled and chopped
Garlic – 10 cloves peeled
Method:
Take chicken in a bowl, add in salt, soy sauce, vinegar and mix well. Leave it to marinate for 30 mins.
Now take onion, ginger, garlic in a blender and make it into a fine puree.
Heat oil in a wok, add in the chicken and cook on high heat till the chicken is well coloured. Remove it to a plate and set aside.
Now in the same oil, add more oil if needed. Add in the ground masala and mix well. Scrape the pan to remove any brown bits.
Cook this paste till oil separates from it.
Now add in chilli powder, pepper powder, salt, ketchup and green chilli. Mix well. Add in a dash of water and mix well.
Add in the browned chicken and mix well.
Cover and cook for 25 to 30 mins or till the chicken is cooked.
Now turn off the heat and add in coriander leaves.
Serve.
Pictorial:
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| Take your ingredients |
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| Take chopped chicken pieces in a bowl, use boneless if you can |
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| Drizzle in some soy sauce |
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| season with some salt |
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| drizzle in some vinegar |
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| Mix well and leave it to marinate for 30 mins |
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| Now take onions in a blender |
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| Add a bunch of garlic and ginger, ginger has to be dominant |
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| Make it into a smooth paste |
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| Now heat oil and add the chicken in |
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| fry on high heat till the chicken is coloured |
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| Now remove this to a plate |
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| In the remaining oil, add more oil if needed |
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| add in the ground masala |
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| mix well with the oil, and scrape the brown bits |
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| cook till the raw smell leaves away and oil separates from the mix |
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| Add in some chilli powder and pepper powder |
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| Add in chopped green chillies |
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| add in some salt |
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| add in some ketchup |
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| i added a touch of water |
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| mix well |
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| cook for few more mins…You can taste to see the salt and spice level |
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| add in the browned chicken |
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| toss well in the masala |
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| cover and cook |
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| once it is all done, turn off the heat |
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| add in spring onion or coriander leaves |
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| serve |
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Thanks for showing step by step recipe of the ginger chicken. Wonderfully prepared.
Deepa
delicious gravy… mouth watering..
Why do you call it ginger chicken, I do not think the ginger taste would be dominating, as many other ingredients are used ? Does it give a gingery taste ?
@swaSince 1/2 cup of ginger is used, that flavour will be dominating…
Yesterday I tried it. Every one in my family liked it.
Could u pls tell me why we need to double fry the chicken? Instead can we add it straight after adding
the masala
@Anonymousit makes it more tasty
Hi. Can I avoid the vinegar in this recipe??
@Anonymousyes u can
Came out really awesome mam. You rock as always. You are an inspiration.
tried the recipe. But found bitterness in that. Even got burning sensation after eating . Kindly kelp. is it causing because I used more ginger.
adding more ginger may cause bitter taste.
thank you for the reply
Hi aarthi, tried the ginger chicken it tasted awesome. Though I added more ginger. My family loved it.
Thank you so much.
Can I omit the soy sauce?
I tried without soya sauce and vinegar, instead marinated with ketchup and chilli sauce
Thanks for the recipe, came out really well.