# Ketchup Chicken

Extra juicy, crispy-edged chicken thighs tossed in a spiced tomato ketchup marinade, fried until golden, and served with a divine cumin lime onion pickle.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- chicken thighs
- curry leaves
- ketchup
- spices
- garlic
- ginger
- flour
- red onion
- chilli
- lime
- cumin seeds
- oil
- yoghurt
- baking soda

## Instructions

1. Dice up some chicken thighs.
2. Finely chop curry leaves.
3. Add ketchup, spices, garlic, and ginger to the chicken.
4. Mix well.
5. Add flour to the marinated chicken and mix again.
6. Finely dice red onion.
7. Add diced red onion, chili, and lime juice to a bowl.
8. Heat oil in a pan with cumin seeds.
9. Pour the hot oil with cumin seeds over the onion and chili mixture.
10. Fry curry leaves in hot oil until crispy.
11. Fry the marinated chicken pieces in hot oil until golden and crispy.
12. Plate the fried chicken with the cumin lime onion pickle, crispy curry leaves, and a side of yogurt.
13. Squeeze fresh lime juice over the served dish.

## Equipment

- pan
- cutting board
- knife
- bowl
- tongs
- spatula
- fork
- spoon

## Tips

- A little sprinkle of baking soda in the marinade makes the chicken meltingly tender!
- The Ketchup is sweet and tangy which adds a lovely balanced flavour to the marinade, but it doesn’t actually make it taste like tomato sauce!

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMpAEhCJ3ph/?igsh=MWdhN2RxOGtxNzE1OA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/27f08231-7ce0-4893-ae4a-8b1a67e4a247
- Extracted: 2025-11-07

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