Hot and sour chicken which taste delicious with some steamed rice or as a starter. This is a quick 30 minutes meal.
Hot and Sour Chicken
Chicken in hot and sour sauce is a lip smacking finger licking delicious chicken dish. It taste spicy as well as little sour, hence the name. This taste great with noodles or fried rice. I served it with my chicken fried rice.
How to Make Hot and Sour Sauce
- Tomato Ketchup - 3 tbspn
- Red Chilli Sauce - 2 tbspn
- Green Chilli Sauce - 2 tbspn
- Soy Sauce - 2 tsp
- Vinegar - 1 tsp
Chilli Paneer
Hot and Sour Chicken Preparation
- Take chicken in a bowl and add all the other ingredients. Mix well.
- Now mix all sauce ingredients and set aside.
- Heat oil in a frying pan, add chicken and fry for couple of mins.
- Now add in ginger, garlic, chillies, onions and peppers and toss well.Cook for 4 to 5 mins
- Add in salt, sugar, pepper and chilli powder. Mix well.
- Add in the sauce and toss well to coat.
- Now add in water and mix well. Cook for 3 to 4 mins till the sauce thickens.
- Serve.
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
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Hot and Sour Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- Oil - 3 tblspn
- Ginger - 1 tblspn finely chopped
- Garlic - 1 tblspn finely chopped
- Green Chillies - 3 chopped
- Onion - 1 medium size cubed
- Bell Pepper - 1 medium size cubed
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
- Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
- Water as needed
- For Chicken:
- Chicken Breast - 2 chopped into chunks
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- Cornflour - 3 to 4 tblspn
- Water as needed
- For Sauce:
- Tomato Ketchup - 3 tblspn
- Red Chilli Sauce - 2 tblspn
- Green Chilli Sauce - 2 tblspn
- Soy Sauce - 2 tsp
- Vinegar - 1 tsp
Instructions
- Take chicken in a bowl and add all the other ingredients. Mix well.
- Now mix all sauce ingredients and set aside.
- Heat oil in a frying pan, add chicken and fry for couple of mins.
- Now add in ginger, garlic, chillies, onions and peppers and toss well.Cook for 4 to 5 mins
- Add in salt, sugar, pepper and chilli powder. Mix well.
- Add in the sauce and toss well to coat.
- Now add in water and mix well. Cook for 3 to 4 mins till the sauce thickens.
- Serve.
Video

Hot and Sour Chicken with Step by Step Pictures
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Take chicken in a bowl |
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| add in cornflour |
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| add salt and pepper |
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| little water and mix well |
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| Take your sauce ingredients |
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| Take it in a bowl |
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| Mix well |
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| Heat oil in a pan, add chicken in |
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| fry till golden brown |
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| add in ginger, garlic and chillies |
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| add in onions and bell peppers |
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| toss well with the chicken |
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| cook that for couple of mins |
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| add in salt, sugar, pepper and chilli powder |
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| toss well |
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| add sauces |
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| add water |
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| simmer for few mins |



































alifiyah shabbir
Wow...aarthi, it looks delicious. Gonna try this soon!
Sam
Looks yummy! i am going to try this.
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karnaarahull
We gonna try this soon. nice delicious.
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