# Chilli Chicken Recipe

Chilli Chicken is a popular and spicy Indo-Chinese Starter Recipe where tender pieces of chicken are deep-fried until crispy and tossed in a freshly made chilli sauce.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 250 grams Chicken Boneless
- 2 tbsp Corn Flour
- 2 tbsp Maida
- 0.25 tsp Black Pepper Powder
- 0.25 tsp Salt
- 3 tbsp Water
- To Deep fry Oil
- 6 nos Dried Red Chilli
- 1 Cup Water
- 2 tsp Oil
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1 tbsp Garlic (finely chopped)
- 2 tsp Ginger (finely chopped)
- 1 no Green Chilli (roughly chopped)
- 1 no Onion (cubed)
- 1 no Capsicum (cubed)
- 1 tbsp Chilli Sauce
- 2 tbsp Tomato Sauce
- 2 tsp Soy Sauce
- 0.5 tsp Vinegar
- 0.5 tsp Salt
- 0.25 tsp Black Pepper Powder
- 2 tsp Corn Flour
- 0.25 Cup Water
- 2 tbsp Spring Onion

## Instructions

1. Bring 1 Cup of water to a boil.
2. Add the red chillies and cook for 5 minutes.
3. Add the cooked red chillies to the mixer grinder and grind it into a smooth paste.
4. In a pan, heat 2 tsp of oil.
5. Add the ground chilli paste.
6. Cook this until the oil separates from the chilli paste.
7. In a mixing bowl, add cornflour, maida, salt, pepper and water.
8. Mix to form a batter to deep-fry the chicken pieces.
9. Add chicken pieces to the batter.
10. Heat oil in a deep frying pan and deep-fry the chicken pieces for around 3-4 mins or until it is cooked.
11. Keep Aside.
12. In another pan, to make Chilli sauce, heat oil, add the chopped garlic and ginger.
13. Saute this until the garlic turns golden brown.
14. Add the chopped green chilli.
15. Add the cubed onions and cubed capsicum and continue to saute for a minute.
16. Add the chilli paste, chilli sauce, tomato sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, salt and pepper.
17. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
18. Mix 2 tsp of cornflour in ¼ cup of water to form a slurry.
19. Add the cornflour slurry to the pan.
20. Mix well, once the sauce is in the desired consistency, add the batter-fried chicken cubes and toss for a minute.
21. Add the chopped spring onions and remove from heat.
22. Serve hot as an appetizer.

## Equipment

- mixer grinder
- pan
- mixing bowl
- deep frying pan

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/CWONtDyT16E?si=skeJ7agQUb2Q79PM
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3558d085-8e80-491b-ae79-83c2e3923fa6
- Extracted: 2025-12-23

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