Stir Fried Chilli Chicken

I am definitely in a la la land , seeing all the emails , from those who tried out my Baked Pasta Casserole and Mushroom curry with yogurt . Thank you guys , 'm so glad you tried it and liked it . Wonderful to hear that some of you guys enjoyed making it on sunday evening :)

The recipe of the day, is from "the chinese take out dinner " I made in my kitchen along with Egg fried rice, that I posted here .

Here lightly pan fried chicken pieces are again sauteed in flavorful ingredients , ending up in a delightful side with Fried rice , chapati or even simple white rice. 

In fact its a bit modified version of the kerala chilli chicken a dry version to the normal indo -chinese chilli chicken gravy, making it less -oily less fatty , a bit more quick and healthy . So next time when you are thinking of a take out , give this a thought and trust me "most of the times the take out tastes better in your own kitchen" .

Recipe for Indo-chinese Chilli chicken - dry version :-

Ingredients:-

Chicken - 1/2 kg ( i used 2 boneless breast pieces )

Salt to taste

Ground black pepper - a large pinch

Soy sauce - 1 tea spoon

Onion diced - 1 medium

Ginger thinly sliced - a 1 inch piece

Garlic thinly sliced - 3-4 cloves

Green chili chopped - 2

Green bell pepper - 1 small 

Scallions / Green onions - a small bunch( i use both white and green part)

Soy Sauce - 2 tea spoon

Chili tomato sauce - 3-4 table spoons or use a mix of chilli and tomato sauce 

Dried red chiles - 1 or 2

Directions :-

Clean and cut the chicken pieces into desired pieces . Its better its thin and long .Marinate it with salt to taste , soy sauce and ground black pepper. Heat a spoon of  oil in a pan and shallow fry the chicken pieces, 4-5 minutes on each side or until they are cooked and brown. drain on paper towels and set aside.

Or you can bake or grill the chicken pieces.

Heat 2 spoons of oil in a Wok or any other pan add diced onion and saute for 3-4 minutes. Add chopped ginger , garlic , green chilli and diced bell pepper , saute for another 5-6 minutes. Add soy sauce, scallions,chilli-tomato sauce and fried chicken pieces. Saute for a couple of minutes , or until it is dry and everything is mixed well. Switch off heat . Break dried red chilli into two and add all the seeds to the pan for that extra kick and serve warm.

Cheers

Sarah