Chilli chicken recipe | How to make chilli chicken dry | Recipe for chilli chicken gravy

Chilli chicken recipe – boneless fried chicken tossed in spicy sauce, along with onion and capsicum gravy is one of the popular Indo Chinese chilli chicken recipe. It is popularly known as chilli chicken gravy and chilli chicken dry as both of them are prepared from the same chilli gravy. In this post, you will learn how to make chilli chicken?
Though there is the various recipe of chilli chicken yet this is a very simple and tasty dry chilli chicken recipe without using any harmful food colour, msg perfect for dinner.

 

If you are a beginner and want to cook restaurant style chilli chicken for the first time then you are in right place, here you will know how to make perfect chilli chicken at home.

 

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What is chilli chicken

This Indian chilli chicken recipe is made with boneless fried chicken tossed in a sweet and sour spicy sauce made with red chili sauce, soy sauce, a pinch of salt, sugar, vinegar, and a slurry of cornflour-water and cubed onion, capsicum.

Though this recipe is a dry chilli chicken version, however, if you want to cook chilli chicken gravy as a main dish with fried rice or noodles, see below step by step instructions.

 

Is this dried chilli chicken healthy

Yes, if you mean using less amount oil, for this just air fry the chicken.

I use only the required amount of sauce to avoid using any food colour and ajinomoto which is generally used in authentic chinese chilli chicken dry. 

What to serve with chicken chilli recipe?

Chilli chicken and fried rice is the best combo dish you can prefer otherwise it also serves best with roti, paratha, naan even chilli chicken and noodles go well.

 

Check most popular chicken recipes :

• Chicken masala
• Butter chicken
• Kadai chicken
• Chicken korma
• Chicken 65
• Chicken chettinad 
• Chicken biryani 
• Chicken pakora
• Hyderabadi biryani
• Veg fried rice

 

Note : at the end of this detailed step by step chilli chicken preparation, I put all the chili chicken ingredients list including a quick overview of steps in the recipe card.

 

Tips to make chinese chilli chicken recipe

 

• Choice of Chicken : To cook the best chilli chicken recipe, always use only boneless chicken which you can easily get from chicken breast. 

 

• Marinating Time : To get the perfect crunchy fried chicken marinate all chicken pieces in the sauce, cornflour, all-purpose flour mixture for at least 1 to 2 hours in the refrigerator.

 

• Cooking Method : For crispy fried chicken cook only at the medium to high flame, don’t cook at a very low flame which ultimately makes your chicken hard & chewy, also don’t try at a very high flame as it will rapidly golden brown from the outside but uncooked from inside. 

 

• Vibrant Red Colour : Though in authentic chinese chilli chicken recipe uses red food colour for their chili sauce instead of that we use good quality Kashmiri red chilli powder for vibrant red colour.

 

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How to make chilli chicken

 

Here, the complete recipe for chilli chicken preparation is classified into three simple categories first one is marination for chilli chicken recipe,

the second one is frying chicken and the last one is making chilli chicken dry. 

so, let’s make it now.

 

 

Preparation for chilli chicken recipe

 

1. At first marinating chicken for chilli chicken recipe in a medium-size bowl add 3 tbsp cornflour,3 tbsp maida or all-purpose flour,1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp black pepper,1 tsp salt and mix them properly.

 

 2. Now, add 300 gm of chicken to this bowl, and mix them gently.

 

3. Also, add 2 tbsp red chili sauce,2 tsp soy sauce, and 1 tsp vinegar, and sprinkle a little water above the mixture.

 

4. Now mix everything and set aside marinating chicken for at least 1 to 2 hours for the perfect crispy chicken chilli recipe.

 

For frying chicken

 

1. Now for frying chicken heat 6 to 7 tbsp oil in a pan for shallow fry or 100 to 120 ml oil for deep fry in medium flame.

 

2. spread the oil evenly in the pan.

 

3. Now add marinated chicken pieces to the pan and cook in medium to high flame.

 

4. Flip each chicken piece after 4 to 5 min and cook both sides.

 

5. Cook until both sides of chicken pieces become golden brown.

 

6. After that, drain the excess oil of fried chicken on a kitchen tissue.

 

Note: While frying chicken always cooks at medium to high flame otherwise chicken pieces get cooked outside but uncooked from inside.

 

How to make chilli chicken dry

 

1. At first for preparing chilli chicken dry, heat 4 to 5 tbsp oil in a pan and spread it evenly in medium flame.

 

2. Next add 1 tbsp chopped ginger-garlic.

 

3. Saute in medium to low flame until the raw smell of ginger-garlic goes away.

 

4. Now add a layer of the separated onion.

 

5. Cook in medium flame for 2 to 3 min until onion becomes slightly golden brown

 

6. Also add chopped green chili.

 

7. Add cube cut capsicum and fry for another 3 to 4 min in medium flame.

 

8. After that mix 2 tbsp red chili sauce.

 

9.1 tbsp soy sauce.

 

10. Also add 1 tsp vinegar and a little water.

 

11. Mix everything for 1 to 2 min in medium flame.

 

12. Now add 1 tsp salt and adjust later if required.

 

13. For the perfect red colour of chilli sauce, sprinkle 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder.

 

14. To balance out the taste of chilli sauce adds 2 tsp sugar.

 

15. Now make a quick stir of everything and simmer the sauce for another 2 to 3 min in medium to low flame.

 

16. For increasing the consistency of chicken gravy add cornflour water mixture and simmer for another 2 min.

 

17. Finally, add fried chicken to this chili gravy.

 

18. Mix everything in medium to high flame for up to 2 to 3 min until all the fried chicken mixes completely in gravy, for garnishing these boneless chilli chicken recipe add spring onions and chopped coriander leaves.

 

How to make chilli chicken gravy

 

• To make chilli chicken gravy recipe you can follow the exact same recipe listed above. Just make sure you have to increase quantities of sauces, vinegar, water and salt.
  

 

• After sauteing veggies increase the quantity of sauce by 2 tbsp and vinegar by 1 tbsp each, pour 200 ml water and let it simmer for some time.

 

• Also, sprinkle a pinch of salt and sugar to balance the taste of indo chinese chilli chicken gravy.

 

• Check the taste of chilli chicken sauce if everything is fine then add fried chicken to this sauce.

 

• Let it stir in this sauce properly and our chilli chicken gravy is completed serve it hot with fried rice or Hakka noodles whatever you like.

 

Chilli Chicken Recipe Card

Here is a quick overview of all the ingredients for the chilli chicken dry including a quick step by step preparation of chilli chicken gravy recipe shown in the recipe card.

Take note of all ingredient lists. 

 

Yield: 4

Chilli chicken recipe ( Chilli chicken dry & Gravy )

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This boneless chilli chicken recipe is one of the popular chicken dish in indo chinese cuisine in which boneless fried chicken is cooked in spicy sauce, along with onion and capsicum gravy.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Additional Time 10 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes

Ingredients

Marinating Ingredients For Chilli Chicken

•  3 tbsp cornflour or corn starch
•  3 tbsp maida or all-purpose flour
•  1/2 tsp black pepper powder 
•  1 tsp kashmiri red chili powder
•  1 tsp salt
•  1 tbsp red chili sauce
•  2 tsp soya sauce
•  1 tsp vinegar or lemon juice
•  3 to 4 tbsp water 
•  300 gm chicken [boneless or bone -in ]

Ingredients For Chilli Chicken Fry

•  100 to 120 ml oil [deep fry or shallow fry]
•  2 to 3 kitchen tissue [drain off excess oil]

Ingredients For Chilli Chicken Gravy

•  4 to 5 tbsp oil
•  1 tbsp ginger-garlic [chopped]
•  1 medium to large onion [layer separated] 
•  2 to 3 green chili [vertically sliced or chopped]
•  1 medium capsicum or bell pepper [cubed cut]
•  1 to 2 tbsp red chili sauce
•  1 tbsp soy sauce
•  1 tsp vinegar or apple cider
•  1 tsp kashmiri red chili powder 
•  1 to 2 tsp sugar
•   salt to taste

Instructions

how to make chilli chicken dry

1. At first,for marinating chicken add cornflour,maida,paprika,black pepper,salt.
2. Additionally add red chili sauce, soya sauce, vinegar, a little water.
3. Now, add boneless chicken, coat evenly and set aside for marination for at least 1 to 2 hours.
4. Next for chilli chicken fry heat oil in a pan and shallow fry or deep fry marinated chicken in medium flame.
5. Flip after 4 to 5 min and cook both sides until chickens become golden brown.
6. After that, drain off the excess oil of fried chicken on kitchen tissue.
7. Now for making chilli chicken sauce add red chili sauce, soya sauce, vinegar,Kashmiri red chili powder, and sugar and mix them well.
8. Finally for preparing chilli chicken masala, heat oil in a pan and spread it evenly on medium flame.
9. Next, add chopped ginger-garlic and saute in medium to low flame until the raw smell goes away.
10. Now add a layer of separated onion, chopped green chili and cook on medium flame until onion becomes slightly golden brown.
11. Then add cube cut capsicum and fry for another 3 to 4 min in medium flame.
12. After that mix chilli chicken sauce, a little water and salt to taste, and a quick stir for another 2 to 3 min in medium flame.
13. For increasing the consistency of chicken, and gravy add cornflour water mixture and simmer for another 2 min.
14. Finally, add fried chicken to this mixture and make a quick toss in medium to high flame for up to 2 to 3 min until all chicken mixes completely in gravy.
15. Furthermore, for garnishing chili chicken, you can add spring onions, chopped coriander leaves,

Notes

how to make chilli chicken gravy recipe ?

1. simply increase quantity of water and in proportionate amount of vinegar, sauce and cornflour-water mixture and salt.

Nutrition Information

Yield

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 595Total Fat 58gSaturated Fat 20gTrans Fat 5gUnsaturated Fat 33gCholesterol 120mgSodium 26mgCarbohydrates 158gFiber 8gSugar 15gProtein 88g

Disclaimer: The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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