You can prepare This Restaurant style dragon chicken which is a very popular chicken starter available in most of the restaurants. It is unique in taste with a spicy as well as sweet Indo Chinese taste and is fun to make. The sweet and spicy flavour makes it the best. Here let’s check out the recipe.
Ingredients
Boneless Chicken Breast – 500-600 grams (cut into thin strips)
Finely chopped coriander leaves and Spring Onion for garnishing
Oil for deep frying
For Marination:
Dark Soya Sauce – 2-3 tsp
Red Chilli Paste – 1 tbspn
Egg – 1
All-Purpose Flour / Maida – 1/2 cup
Corn Flour / Corn Starch – 1/4 cup
Ginger Garlic Paste – as per required
Salt to taste
Pepper – 1 tsp
MSG – 1 tsp ( can be skipped)
For Sauce:
Oil – 2 tblspn
Dry Red Chilli – 3
Cashews – 4 tbsp small broken pieces
Onion – 1 large sliced thinly
Bell Peppers – 1 sliced thinly
Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tbsp
Red Chilli Paste – 1 tblspn
Dark Soya sauce – 1 tbsp
Tomato Ketchup – 1/4 cup
Salt and black pepper as per taste
MSG – 1 tsp optional
Sugar – 2 tsp
Instructions
Take chicken in a large bowl and add all the marination ingredients and combine well, set it aside to marinate for 15 mins.
Heat some oil for deep frying. Once the oil is heated completely drop the chicken in oil and fry till golden and cooked. Drain and set it aside.
Now heat oil in a frying pan and roast dry red chilli and cashews and fry till the cashew turn golden brown and the smell has filled up the kitchen.
Now add in onions and bell peppers and toss and cook well in the oil. Add in ginger garlic paste and saute well and let it cook in the hot flavours.
Add red chilli paste, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, salt sugar and mix well. Cool until well combined.
Now add in the fried chicken and toss well in the sauce, make sure the chicken is coated with the sauce. Garnish with chopped coriander or spring onion and mix well.
Serve hot and enjoy!!