Dragon chicken is a Indo-Chinese dish. I think they got the name because of the real dragon chicken whose foot are red and this dish is also rich red color.(today I didn’t add any artificial food color for that red color).They go well as side dish for egg fried rice or chicken noodles. When the chicken is fried and cooked in right temperature ,the chicken dish will be crispy and the chicken inside will be juicy. The chicken can be marinated earlier and fried and sautéed when guest over or party.
Ingredients:
Marination:
Chicken - 1/2 kg( 1.10 lb)
Egg- 1
Black pepper- 1/2 tsp
Salt- as per taste
Vinegar- 1 tsp
Dark soya sauce- 1 tsp
Maida/all purpose flour- 3 tbsp
Corn flour-3 tbsp
Dragon chicken preparation:
Oil- 2 tsp
Ginger- 2 tbsp(2” peice)
Garlic-2 tbsp(3 big cloves)
Red chili- 5
Cashew-10
Capsicum/bell peppers-1 cup sliced(different colors)
Onion-1/2 sliced
White pepper- 1 tsp
Salt-as per taste
Vinegar- 1 tsp
Dark soya sauce- 1 tsp
Chili sauce- 1 tbsp
Water- 1 tbsp & 1/2 cup
Corn flour slurry- 2 tbsp water & 1 tsp corn flour/corn starch
Green onion
Recipe :
1. In a bowl,add thin striped chicken ( breast peice preferred), along to that add 1 egg ,followed by pepper and salt. Followed by vinegar and soya sauce. Mix all the wet ingredients with chicken and then add maida/all purpose flour and corn flour. No need to add any water. Just egg moisture is enough to coat the chicken. Cover and marinate the chicken for 30 minutes( vinegar helps the chicken to be tender ).
2. After 30 minutes, using a fork ,drop the marinated chicken one by one into medium hot oil( very hot oil make chicken turn hard and rubbery inside).cook for 5-6 minutes in medium flame till the outer layer is crispy and inside should be juicy.
3. For dragon chicken preparation, in a skillet add oil and add chopped garlic,ginger, red chili and cashew . Sauté for few minutes and add capsicum/bell pepper and sliced onion. Cook till the capsicum is half cooked.(half cooked capsicum/bell peppers give nice crunch to the dish).
4. Once the capsicum/bell pepper cooked, add white pepper(add black pepper if not available), salt,vinegar,soya sauce and chili sauce. Sprinkle some 1 tbsp water and mix the sauce with vegetables.Finally add fried chicken,1/2 cup water and sauté for just 2 minute in high flame to coat the sauce on chicken and chicken shouldn’t lose its crunchiness. Garnish with green onion and serve with chicken fried rice,egg fried rice and chicken noodles.
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