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 teaspoon 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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