One of my favorite Indo-Chinese dishes…
I had been slacking at everything last week and it felt really really good. However, over the weekend I opened the covered raised veggie bed and sowed some seeds in it. I can’t wait to see them sprouting, hopefully within a few weeks I can see that. Other than that nothing much exciting has happened. Here are the pretty lilies from my front lawn garden…
I wanted to share the recipe of chicken manchurian for so long. I’ve made this quite a few times, every time I make this it tastes better. Well, I haven’t come across any Indo-Chinese dishes that I dislike, all are just delicious.
Chicken Manchurian
Ingredients
- Chicken, boneless cubed- 3 chicken breasts
- Oil- for frying chicken
For making batter
- Corn starch- 1/4 cup
- All purpose flour or gluten free flour or rice flour- 1/2 cup
- Ginger-garlic paste- 1 tbsp
- Chili powder- 1tsp
- Ground pepper- 1/4 tsp
- Salt- to taste
- Water- enough to make a thick batter
For making sauce:
- Oil- 3tbsp, used for frying chicken
- Ginger, chopped thin- 2 inch slice
- Garlic, chopped thin- 3 cloves
- Onion, chopped- 3 medium
- Soy sauce, low sodium- 3tbsp
- Tomato sauce, low sodium- 1 cup
- Sesame oil- 1 tsp
- Sambal Oelek or ground pepper- 1/2 tsp
- Green onions, chopped- 2 stalks
- Cilantro, chopped- 2 handful
Instruction
- In a large bowl, combine the ingredients to make the batter. The batter should be thick.
- Coat the chicken with the batter and fry it in oil till it turns golden in color.
- Place the fried chicken on a paper towel.
- In a large non-stick pan, add 3 tbsp of the oil used for frying chicken.
- Add chopped ginger and garlic, saute till it turns light golden in color.
- Add onions and cook till they turn translucent.
- Add tomato sauce and soy sauce, cook for a few minutes.
- Add the fried chicken and combine with the sauce. Cook for a couple of minutes.
- Drizzle sesame oil over the chicken.
- Add ground pepper or sambal oelek if you need it to be spicy.
- Sprinkle green onions and cilantro, combine well.
- Taste and add more salt if needed.
- Dish it out along with fried rice or plain/brown rice or cauliflower rice
Chicken Manchurian -Indo-Chinese
Ingredients
- Chicken, boneless cubed- 3 chicken breasts
- Oil- for frying chicken
For making batter
- Corn starch- ¼ cup
- All purpose flour or gluten free flour or rice flour- ½ cup
- Ginger-garlic paste- 1 tbsp
- Chili powder- 1tsp
- Ground pepper- ¼ tsp
- Salt- to taste
- Water- enough to make a thick batter
For making sauce
- Oil- 3tbsp, used for frying chicken
- Ginger, chopped thin- 2 inch slice
- Garlic, chopped thin- 3 cloves
- Onion, chopped- 3 medium
- Soy sauce, low sodium- 3tbsp
- Tomato sauce, low sodium- 1 cup
- Sesame oil- 1 tsp
- Sambal Oelek or ground pepper- ½ tsp
- Green onions, chopped- 2 stalks
- Cilantro, chopped- 2 handful
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the ingredients to make the batter. The batter should be thick.
- Coat the chicken with the batter and fry it in oil till it turns golden in color.
- Place the fried chicken on a paper towel.
- In a large non-stick pan, add 3 tbsp of the oil used for frying chicken.
- Add chopped ginger and garlic, saute till it turns light golden in color.
- Add onions and cook till they turn translucent.
- Add tomato sauce and soy sauce, cook for a few minutes.
- Add the fried chicken and combine with the sauce. Cook for a couple of minutes.
- Drizzle sesame oil over the chicken.
- Add ground pepper or sambal oelek if you need it to be spicy.
- Sprinkle green onions and cilantro, combine well.
- Taste and add more salt if needed.
- Dish it out along with fried rice or plain/brown rice or
- cauliflower rice
