BEST RECIPES CHILLI CHICKEN
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs boneless chicken (preferábly dárk meát)
- 1/2 green pepper
- 1/2 onion
- 2 táblespoons gárlic-ginger-onion mix (reserved from márináde)
Chicken Márináde
- 1/2 onion (smáll)
- 3–4 slices ginger
- 2–3 cloves gárlic
- 1 teáspoon bláck pepper
- 1/2 táblespoon chilli powder (or cáyenne pepper) *see notes át the bottom*
- 1 1/2 táblespoon soy sáuce
- 3–4 táblespoons wáter
- 6–7 táblespoons corn stárch (mix this in with the chicken áfter you áre done márináting, right before deep frying)
Sáuce
- 5–6 green chilli (or green thái chillis if you like it spicier)
- 1 1/2 táblespoon dárk soy
- 2 1/2 táblespoon soy sáuce
- 1 táblespoon rice vinegár
- 1 táblespoon honey
- 2 teáspoons corn stárch (mixed with 4 teáspoons of wáter)
- 1 1/2 teáspoon chilli powder (or cáyenne pepper) *see notes át the bottom*
- 1/2 cup wáter
Instructions
Prepárátion
- With á food processor, blitz the ginger, gárlic ánd hálf á smáll onion until it is á fine páste. Reserve 2 táblespoons of this for browning the onions ánd green peppers láter.
- Cut up the chicken into smáll bite sized inch pieces ánd márináte it in á bowl with the ginger-gárlic-onion páste, soy sáuce, chilli powder, bláck pepper ánd wáter. (Do not ádd the corn stárch yet. We will ádd thát right before we deep fry the chicken.) Márináte in the fridge for 1 hour
- Chop the green peppers ánd remáining onion into bite sized pieces ánd set áside
Máking the Sáuce
- Chop up the chillis in the slices (keep the seeds) ánd ádd it to á smáll bowl
- Ádd in the rest of the ingredients in the sáuce ingredient list except the corn stárch
- In á smáll bowl, mix 2 teáspoons of corn stárch with 4 teáspoons of cold wáter, then ádd it to the sáuce ánd stir to combine
- Set the sáuce áside
Putting it Together
- In á wok, frying pán or deep fryer set the oil to 375F (191C).
- Ádd in 6-7 táblespoons of corn stárch to the chicken ánd mix until combined ánd chicken is coáted lightly
- When the oil is hot, ádd the chicken into the oil to cook in bátches (cáreful not to over crowd the oil, which cán drop the oil temperáture)
- Cook the chicken for ábout 5-6 minutes ánd set áside on á pláte with páper towel or newspáper when it is done
- In á wok or frying pán, set the stove to medium to medium high heát ánd ádd 2 táblespoons of oil
- When the oil is hot, ádd in the 2 táblespoons of ginger-gárlic-onion mix thát wás reserved from prepárátion ánd cook it until it is toásty ánd brown. Ápproximátely 1-2 minutes. Cáreful not to burn it.
- Ádd in the onions ánd green pepper chunks ánd cook it for ábout 2 minutes. We wánt to keep the veggies somewhát crisp still
- Give the sáuce á quick stir (the corn stárch likes to settle át the bottom) ánd ádd it to the wok
- Keep stirring the sáuce until it thickens ánd becomes tránslucent ánd thick
- Once the sáuce hás thickened, ádd in chicken ánd mix everything together until the chicken is coáted with the sáuce
- Turn off the heát ánd enjoy it with some rice! 🙂