DRAGON CHICKEN

Today’s Sunday special post a spicy dragon chicken. It is one of the easiest Indo-Chinese chicken dishes. It tastes irresistibly good and looks very appetizing due to it vibrant red colour. A delicious chicken dish with a chinese touch enriched with fried cashew-nuts. I got this recipe from one of the TV recipe show, haven’t tasted any dragon chicken before but somehow the name itself was very inviting. Hence, I decided to try this and it turned out pretty decent. This is very easy recipe that goes well with fried rice or roti as a side dish or as an appetizer during birthday parties.

 INGREDIENTS:

500 gm Boneless Chicken

1 Onion and coriander for garnishing

Oil for fyring

For Marination:

2 teaspoon Dark Soya Sauce

1 Egg

1 Tablespoon Red Chilli Paste

½ Cup Maida/ All Purpose Flour

1 Teaspoon Ginger-Garlic Paste

1 Teaspoon Pepper Powder

Salt to taste

For Sauce:

2 Tablespoon Oil

10-12 Cashew-nuts broken into halves

1 Large Sized Onion

1 Tablespoon Ginger-Garlic Paste

1 Capsicum Sliced

1 Tablespoon Soya Sauce

2 Teaspoon Sugar

¼ Cup Tomato Ketchup

1 Tablespoon Red Chilli Paste/ red chilli sauce

2 Tablespoon Corn Flour

Salt to taste

METHOD:

STEP 1 – Wash and slice boneless chicken lengthwise pieces.

STEP 2 – Prepare a marinade with the ingredients given above for marination.

STEP 3 – Add the chicken and mix well so that the chicken is coated with spices well.

STEP 4 – Allow to marinate for ½ an hour.

STEP 5 – Heat a pan with oil and drop the marinated chicken pieces gently and deep fry them till crispy and golden brown.   

STEP 6 – Drain the excess oil on the kitchen towel or tissue paper. Keep them aside.

STEP 7 – Heat another pan with oil. Add cashew-nuts and fry till golden brown. Add dry red chillies to it and sauté.

STEP 8 – Now add sliced onion, sauté well till translucent. Then add ginger-garlic paste and continue sautéing. For next few seconds.

STEP 9 – Now add sliced capsicum and toss well. Add soya sauce, red chilly sauce, tomato ketchup, salt, sugar, mix well and and cook on low flame for 2-3 minutes.

STEP 10 – Add 1 cup of water and corn flour paste and stir until it thickens and comes to boil. [mix 1 tablespoon corn flour to ½ cup of water and mix]

STEP 11 – Now add the fried chicken and toss well in the sauce for a minute or two. Ready to serve.

            Serve the ready, mouth watering dragon chicken garnished with freshly chopped coriander and onion sprig with fried rice or any bread.

NOTE: You may add Ajinomoto both in sauce as well as in marination.