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Chilli Chicken is a popular Indo-Chinese dish which is famous all over India. Crispy fried chicken tossed in a spicy tangy chilli sauce to create a fiery experience. Restaurant style chilli chicken is made with onions, ginger, garlic and sauces pairs well with egg fried rice and hakka noodles. Learn how to make spicy chilli chicken recipe gravy and dry version with step by step pictures.
PinTABLE OF CONTENTS
1.About Chilli Chicken
2.Chilli Chicken Ingredients
3.How to Make Chilli Chicken Dry (Stepwise Pictures)
4.Chilli Chicken Gravy (Stepwise Pictures)
5.Expert Tips
6.Serving Suggestions
7.📖 Recipe Card
Chilli Chicken
Even though i cook a lot for my family and for this blog. Someday i want to be lazy and indulge myself from restaurant foods. During those days we would dine outside in some of our favorite restaurants, but most of the time, i love to order some foods, cuddle up in a blanket and watch my favorite shows on TV enjoying those hot foods.
About Chilli Chicken
Chilli chickenis a popularIndo-Chinese dishof chicken ofHakka Chinese heritage.In India, this may include a variety of dry chicken preparations. Though mainly boneless chicken is used in this dish, some people also use bone-in chicken too.
One of my favourite foods to order on a take out is this chilli chicken. There is something so tasty about the restaurant style chilli chicken recipe. It is so delicious and kind of addictive, I have tried my hands on so many variety of chilli chicken recipe and finally got the best one. This is it!
Numerous recipes exist for the dish of the same name depending on the restaurateur, including:
- Green chilli chicken.
- Tangrai chilli chicken.
- Chinese chilli chicken.
- Bengal chilli chicken.
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Chilli Chicken Ingredients
PinFor Fried Chicken
Chicken - Use boneless chicken breast chopped into small pieces. You can use boneless chicken thighs. Make sure you cut into small pieces. Chicken cooks faster when cut into small pieces also it coats well in the thick sauce when fried in small pieces.
All Purpose Flour - plain flour creates a binding for the chilli chicken. I like to use combination for flour and cornstarch to create the coating for chicken.
Cornstarch - cornflour or cornstarch creates helps for the crispiness. A combination of cornstarch and plain flour creates the crispy coating.
For Chilli Chicken Sauce
Sauces - Tomato Ketchup, Green Chilli Sauce, Vinegar and Soy Sauceis used in chilli chicken.
Onions - you can use chopped white part of the spring onions in the chilli chicken.
Ginger & Garlic - use chopped ginger and garlic for the flavourings of the chilli chicken.
Chillies - chillies is the main ingredient for making chilli chicken. it adds the spicy kick for the popular indo-chinese dish. Use dry red chillies and fresh green chillies for added spice. I like to add a dash of chilli powder.
Garnish - spring onions and coriander leaves is added for garnish.
PinChilli Chicken Preparation (3 Easy Steps)
Frying Chicken
Start by frying some chicken. Take chicken in a bowl, add in flour, cornflour, salt, pepper, soy sauce, ginger garlic paste and water. mix well. Set aside for 10 mins. Heat some oil for deep frying, drop the chicken in and fry till golden, drain and set aside.
Making Sauce
Now make the sauce, heat some butter in a pan, add in ginger garlic and fry till golden. Add in onions. green chillies, salt and sugar. Toss well. capsicum goes in and mix well. Add in red chilli powder, soy sauce, green chilli sauce, vinegar, ketchup adn mix well. Add in water and cook till oil separates.
Making chilli chicken
fried chicken goes in and toss well. Add in pepper and spring onion. Mix well. Serve hot.
PinHow to Make Chilli Chicken Dry (Stepwise Pictures)
For Frying Chicken (Fried Chicken for Chilli Chicken)
1)Take chopped chicken in a bowl. I use boneless chicken breast which is cut into small pieces.
Pin2)Add in plain flour and cornstarch.
Pin3)Add salt and freshly crushed black pepper in the chicken.
Pin4)Add in soy sauce.
Pin5)Add in ginger garlic paste in the chicken.
Pin6)Add a splash of water in the chicken to mix the chicken with flour.
Pin7)Mix the chicken with flour, salt & pepper together. This will create a thick coating over chicken.
Pin8)Heat oil for deep frying. Drop chicken one by one in batches. Fry till golden brown, it will take around 3 to 4 minutes for the chicken to get cooked.
Pin9)Strain the fried chicken onto some paper towel. Set aside.
PinMaking Chilli Chicken Sauce (dry)
10)Heat a tbsp of butter or oil in a saute pan. Add in finely chopped ginger and garlic. Saute for 1 to 2 minutes till light golden.
Pin11)Add in dry red chillies and saute for few minutes. Add in sliced onions, slit green chillies.
Pin12)Season with salt, sugar. Stir fry for few seconds till light golden.
Pin13)Add in sliced bell peppers | capsicum.
Pin14)Saute for 2 minutes till cooked. It will get translucent.
Pin15)Add in soy sauce.
Pin16)Add in green chilli sauce.
Pin17)Add in vinegar. Stir fry the sauce with onions and capsicum till reduced.
Pin18)Add in chilli powder and mix well. Stir fry the spice with onions for few minutes.
Pin19)Add in tomato ketchup. Mix well with the onions.
Pin20)To create the onion masala. Add a splash of water to the onion mix.
Pin21)Mix the onion capsicum with the sauces. Cook for few minutes till thickens.
Pin22)Add in fried chicken in the sauces.
Pin23)Add in crushed black pepper.
Pin24)Add in chopped spring onions and toss well.
Pin25)Toss well chicken with sauces.
Pin26)You can serve Chilli Chicken Dry with noodles and fried rice.
PinChilli Chicken Gravy (Stepwise Pictures)
For making chilli chicken gravy style, you have to make the chicken as mentioned above. Coat with flour, seasoning and fry till crispy.
1)For making sauce. Heat oil in a kadai. Add in chopped ginger, garlic, onions and slit green chillies.
Pin2)Saute the mixture till golden brown.
Pin3)Add in salt and sugar. Mix well with the onions.
Pin4)Add in soy sauce.
Pin5)Add in green chilli sauce, vinegar. If you want you can add some red chilli sauce and ketchup as well. But for this version I didn't add ketchup.
Pin6)Mix the sauces with the onions masala. Add some water and bring it to a boil.
Pin7)Mix a tsp of cornstarch with some water and add into the gravy. Cook the mixture till the gravy thickens slightly.
Pin8)This is how it looks. The sauce has thickened and glossy.
Pin9)Add in fried chicken. Cook it with the sauce for 2 minutes.
Pin10)Add in chopped spring onions and coriander leaves. Mix well.
Pin11)Serve hot.
PinMore Indo-Chinese Recipes to Try
- Chicken Fried Rice Recipe
- Mapo Tofu Recipe
- American Chop suey Recipe
- Hot and Sour Chicken Soup Recipe
- Vegetable Fried Rice Recipe
- Homemade Schezwan Sauce
- Paneer Noodles Recipe
- Chilli Paneer Recipe
Expert Tips
For Crispy Chilli Chicken Batter
To get crispy texture in fried chicken. Here are few tips. Use equal portion of cornstarch to plain flour. Add ½ tsp of baking powder in the chicken when frying to get crispy texture.
Double frying
Fry the chicken in hot oil for 2 minutes, strain this using a slotted spoon onto some paper towel lined plate. Set aside for 5 minutes. Now heat oil again till very hot, Drop the fried chicken again in hot oil and fry till golden and crispy. This double frying technique will make the chicken super crispy.
Chilli Chicken Sauce
Balance is everything. Taste and adjust the sauce with perfect balance of salt, sugar, soy sauce and vinegar. Add in kashmiri chilli powder for the bright red colour.
Dry or Gravy
The consistency of the sauce will give you dry or gravy style chilli chicken.
Serving Suggestions
Chilli chicken is best served with fried rice, noodles or with soups. We enjoy it with steamed veg momos and chilli garlic momos. Here are few options for you to serve with.
Fried Rice - choice of fried rice options are veg fried rice, chicken fried rice, egg fried rice, mushroom fried rice and hot garlic fried rice.
Noodles - my favorite combination with chilli chicken is veg noodles and hakka noodles and paneer noodles.
Soups - chilli chicken can be served as a perfect appetizer with chicken clear soup, , chicken soup & veg soup.
📖 Recipe Card
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Chilli Chicken | Chilli Chicken Recipe (Dry & Gravy)
Chilli Chicken is a popular Indo-Chinese dish which is famous all over India. Crispy fried chicken tossed in a spicy tangy chilli sauce to create a fiery experience. Restaurant style chilli chicken is made with onions, ginger, garlic and sauces pairs well with fried rice and hakka noodles. Learn how to make spicy chilli chicken recipe gravy and dry version with step by step pictures.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 319kcal
Ingredients
Chilli Chicken Dry
- 750 grams Chicken boneless
- ½ cup All Purpose Flour
- ½ cup Cornstarch
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
- 2 tsp Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 3 tbsp Water
- Oil for deep frying
For Chilli Chicken Sauce
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 2 tbsp Ginger finely chopped
- 2 tbsp Garlic finely chopped
- 1 large Onions sliced thinly
- 2 slit Green Chilli
- 1 Capsicum sliced
- 3 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
- 3 tbsp Green Chilli Sauce
- 2 tsp Vinegar
- 2 tsp Soy Sauce
- 2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- ¼ cup Water
- 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder
- 3 Spring Onions finely chopped
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Sugar
Chilli Chicken (Gravy Version)
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 1 tbsp Ginger chopped finely
- 1 tbsp Garlic chopped finely
- 1 large Onion chopped finely
- 4 alit Green Chillies
- Salt to taste
- ½ tsp Sugar
- 2 tsp Soy Sauce
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- 3 tbsp Green Chilli Sauce
- 1 cup Water
- 2 tsp Cornstarch
- 3 Spring Onions chopped finely
Instructions
Chilli Chicken Dry
Start by frying some chicken. Take chicken in a bowl, add in flour, cornflour, salt, pepper, soy sauce, ginger garlic paste and water. mix well. Set aside for 10 mins.
Heat some oil for deep frying, drop the chicken in and fry till golden, drain and set aside.
Now make the sauce, heat some butter in a pan, add in ginger garlic and fry till golden. Add in onions. green chillies, salt and sugar. Add in capsicum and mix well. Add in red chilli powder, soy sauce, green chilli sauce, vinegar, ketchup adn mix well. Add in water and cook till oil separates and thickens.
Add in fried chicken and toss well. Add in black pepper and spring onion. Mix well. Serve hot.
Chilli Chicken with Gravy
Heat butter in a pan, add ginger, garlic and onions and saute for a min. Add green chillies and mix well. Add in all sauces, salt and sugar and mix well.
Add water and bring it to a boil. Add in cornstarch slurry and mix well. Add fried chicken in and cook for 2 mins. Add spring onions and serve.
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Notes
- When frying chicken, you can add a dash of baking powder for crispy texture.
- You can double fry the chicken to achieve crispy texture.
- Taste and adjust the sauce with sugar, soy sauce and vinegar.
- Chilli chicken taste best with fried rice, noodles and rice.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servings | Calories: 319kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 515mg | Potassium: 361mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1241IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 2mg
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