Kolkata

Chilli chicken

Name: Chilli chicken
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indo Chinese
Ingredients: 400 g boneless cubed chicken, boneless; 1 egg; 4 tbsp split cornflour (cornstarch); 1 1/2 tbsp maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 2 tbsp split soy sauce; 1/2 tsp black pepper; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for frying, about 4 tbsp absorbed; 4 cloves chopped garlic; 3 slit green chilli; 1 large cut into petals onion; 1 cubed capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper); 1 1/2 tbsp red chilli sauce; 2 tsp vinegar; 1/3 cup water; 2 stalks chopped spring onion (green onion, scallion); Salt, to taste

Crisp chicken, blistered capsicum, glossy sauce. The Indo Chinese starter everyone fights over.

40 minTime

26 gProtein each

hotSpice

The starter that started it all2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayKolkata Chinese style: crisp, hot, glossy.

The original

356kcalsame

26 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

40minutessame

Chilli chicken, dry style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless400 g boneless, cubed

Egg1

Cornflour (cornstarch)4 tbsp, split

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1½ tbsp

Ginger garlic paste1 tbsp

Soy sauce2 tbsp, split

Black pepper½ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying, about 4 tbsp absorbed

Garlic4 cloves, chopped

Green chilli3, slit

Onion1 large, cut into petals

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)1, cubed

Red chilli sauce1½ tbsp

Vinegar2 tsp

Water⅓ cup

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, chopped

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Mix chicken with egg, 3 tbsp cornflour, maida, ginger garlic paste, 1 tsp soy sauce, pepper and salt. Rest 15 minutes.
2Deep or shallow fry in hot oil in batches for 5 to 6 minutes, until crisp and cooked through with no pink inside.
3In 1 tbsp of the oil on high, fry garlic and green chillies, then onion and capsicum for 1 to 2 minutes.
4Add remaining soy sauce, chilli sauce and vinegar. Stir the remaining cornflour into the water, pour in and bubble until glossy.
5Toss in the chicken and spring onions for 30 seconds and serve straight away.

Serve it like this

Serve hot on a plate, with a few fresh coriander leaves on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Kolkata

Chilli chicken

Crisp chicken, blistered capsicum, glossy sauce. The Indo Chinese starter everyone fights over.

40 minTime

26 gProtein each

hotSpice

The starter that started it all2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayKolkata Chinese style: crisp, hot, glossy.

The original

356kcalsame

26 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

40minutessame

Chilli chicken, dry style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless400 g boneless, cubed

Egg1

Cornflour (cornstarch)4 tbsp, split

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1½ tbsp

Ginger garlic paste1 tbsp

Soy sauce2 tbsp, split

Black pepper½ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying, about 4 tbsp absorbed

Garlic4 cloves, chopped

Green chilli3, slit

Onion1 large, cut into petals

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)1, cubed

Red chilli sauce1½ tbsp

Vinegar2 tsp

Water⅓ cup

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, chopped

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Mix chicken with egg, 3 tbsp cornflour, maida, ginger garlic paste, 1 tsp soy sauce, pepper and salt. Rest 15 minutes.
2Deep or shallow fry in hot oil in batches for 5 to 6 minutes, until crisp and cooked through with no pink inside.
3In 1 tbsp of the oil on high, fry garlic and green chillies, then onion and capsicum for 1 to 2 minutes.
4Add remaining soy sauce, chilli sauce and vinegar. Stir the remaining cornflour into the water, pour in and bubble until glossy.
5Toss in the chicken and spring onions for 30 seconds and serve straight away.

Serve it like this

Serve hot on a plate, with a few fresh coriander leaves on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Chilli chicken

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Method

Chilli chicken

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