Chinese Style Garlic Chicken Recipe
Chinese Style Garlic Chicken Recipe, is a popular Indo-Chinese preparation of fried chicken tossed in flavours of garlic, onions, sauces which is made into a semi-gravy. This unique chicken dish is packed with tons of garlic flavour and goes best with noodles or fried rice.
Equipment
Deep Frying Pot
Blender
Wok
Ingredients
- Groundnut Oil for deep frying
For Chicken Marination
- 500 grams Boneless Chicken thighs cut into small pieces
- 3 tablespoon All Purpose Flour (plain flour)
- 6 tablespoon Cornstarch
- 2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
- 1 teaspoon Soy Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
- ¼ cup Water
For Garlic Sauce
- 2 tablespoon Sesame Oil
- 1 tablespoon Butter
- 3 np Dry Red Chillies cut into small pieces
- 1 tablespoon Ginger peeled & chopped finely
- 1 tablespoon Garlic peeled & chopped finely
- 1 medium Onion peeled & chopped finely
For Garlic Puree (paste)
- 10 no Garlic peeled
- ¼ cup Water
Sauces & Seasonings
- 3 tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
- 2 teaspoon Soy Sauce
- 2 tablespoon Green Chilli Sauce
- 2 teaspoon White Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Salt to taste
- 2 teaspoon Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Ajinomoto (MSG) optional
- 2 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
- 3 no Spring Onions (Green Onions) finely chopped
- ½ cup Water or as needed
Cornstarch Slurry
- 1 teaspoon Cornstarch
- 2 tablespoon Cold Water
Instructions
- Chicken Marination - take chicken, salt, pepper, plain flour, cornstarch, soy sauce, ginger garlic paste, water in a bowl and make it into a thick coating over chicken.
- Frying Chicken - Heat oil for deep frying, fry chicken in hot oil in batches till golden brown, strain on some paper towel and set aside.
- Make Garlic Puree - take garlic and water in a blender and make it into a smooth puree. Set aside.
- Make Sauce - Now heat oil and butter in a wok. Add in dry red chillies and fry till light brown. Add in chopped ginger and garlic. Saute until it gets crispy. Now add in onions, garlic puree and fry till raw smell leaves. Add in all the sauces and combine well. Season with salt, sugar and MSG. Pour in water and bring this to a boil, cook until it thickens.
- Combining Chicken in Sauce - Now add in fried chicken pieces and toss into the sauce.
- Cornstarch slurry - Mix cornstarch with some water and pour that in to thicken the gravy. Add in black pepper powder and spring onion, give one final stir. Turn off heat and serve immediately with fried rice, noodles or pulav.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Chinese Style Garlic Chicken Recipe
Serving Size
1 serving
Amount per Serving
Calories
477
% Daily Value*
Fat
31
g
48
%
Saturated Fat
8
g
50
%
Trans Fat
0.2
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
7
g
Monounsaturated Fat
12
g
Cholesterol
130
mg
43
%
Sodium
2224
mg
97
%
Potassium
393
mg
11
%
Carbohydrates
27
g
9
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
6
g
7
%
Protein
22
g
44
%
Vitamin A
259
IU
5
%
Vitamin C
5
mg
6
%
Calcium
39
mg
4
%
Iron
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.