Chilli Chicken
- 45 min
- hot
- Serves 3
- 14 people cooked this
Chilli chicken: batter-fried chicken tossed with onion and capsicum in a ground red chilli, soy and vinegar sauce. Spicy, serves 3, 45 minutes, with video.
Good for: Party
Ingredients
Water1¼ cup
Dry Red Chilli6
Oil2 tsp
Corn Flour2 tbsp
Maida2 tbsp
Salt¾ tsp
Black Pepper Powder½ tsp
Chicken Boneless Cubes250 grams
Garlic, Finely Chopped1 tbsp
Ginger, Finely Chopped2 tsp
Green Chilli, Finely Chopped1
Onion, Cubes1
Green Capsicum, Cubes1
Red Chilli Sauce1 tbsp
Tomato Sauce2 tbsp
Soy Sauce2 tsp
Vinegar½ tsp
Spring Onion, Finely Chopped2 tbsp
Contains: wheat, soya.
Nutrition
Per 1 person, and for all 3 people. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per 1 person | All 3 people |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 343kcal | 1029kcal |
| Protein | 22g | 66g |
| Carbohydrate | 26g | 77g |
| Fat | 17g | 52g |
| Fibre | 4.8g | 14g |
| Sugar | 5.8g | 17g |
Cookd masalas for chicken boneless cubes
Method
Bring 1 Cup of water to a boil. Add the red chillies and cook for 5 minutes.
Add the cooked red chillies to the mixer grinder and grind it into a smooth paste.
In a pan, heat 2 tsp of oil. Add the ground chilli paste. Cook this until the oil separates from the chilli paste.
In a mixing bowl, add cornflour, maida, salt, pepper and water. Mix to form a batter to deep-fry the chicken pieces.
Add chicken pieces to the batter.
Heat oil in a deep frying pan and deep-fry the chicken pieces for around 3-4 mins or until it is cooked. Keep Aside.
In another pan, to make Chilli sauce, heat oil, add the chopped garlic and ginger. Saute this until the garlic turns golden brown. Add the chopped green chilli. Add the cubed onions and cubed capsicum and continue to saute for a minute.
Add the chilli paste, chilli sauce, tomato sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, salt and pepper. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
Mix 2 tsp of cornflour in ¼ cup of water to form a slurry. Add the cornflour slurry to the pan.
Mix well, once the sauce is in the desired consistency, add the batter-fried chicken cubes and toss for a minute.
Add the chopped spring onions and remove from heat. Serve hot as an appetizer.
Before you start
- How long does Chilli Chicken take?
- 45 minutes from start to finish. That is 20 minutes of preparation and 25 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Chilli Chicken serve?
- 3. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Chilli Chicken vegetarian?
- No, it contains meat or fish.
- Is Chilli Chicken spicy?
- It is hot: 3 on our scale of 3. Chilli scales gently when you change the servings, so doubling the recipe does not double the heat.
- What do I need to make Chilli Chicken?
- 250 grams Chicken Boneless Cubes, 2 tbsp Corn Flour, 2 tbsp Maida, 1 tbsp Garlic, 2 tsp Ginger, 6 Dry Red Chilli, and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Chilli Chicken?
- No, it is cooked in an open pot.
- How many calories are in Chilli Chicken?
- About 343 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
Tips from other cooks
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Vidhyalakshmi SugumarFebruary 2024
came out really well.super happy as kids enjoyed having it.
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ClaudiaDecember 2021
the recipe was so good but how to make it a bit more gravy type ?
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A Cookd cookNovember 2021
I have try this osm taste 😊 thanks to this app I love it ❤️
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ASHUTOSH DASHAugust 2025
awesome
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PrabhuFebruary 2024
This recipe came out perfect… I love chilli chicken.
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A Cookd cookMay 2023
yaaha its good👍
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Andrews sunojApril 2022
it was tasty. thank you.
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viswa harinath bFebruary 2022
perfect restaurant style dish. like it very much
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SOUMYA SALILJanuary 2022
I tried it today and it came out soo good. thank you so much coz your app does make my cooking well planned and easy.
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SOUMYA SALILDecember 2021
I have saved it to my plan. Eagerly waiting to make it
