Chili Chicken dry is a popular Indo-Chinese dish. Pan-fried boneless chicken tossed in with some capsicums and onions, its makes for a perfect quick and easy meal.
WHAT IS CHILLI CHICKEN DRY?
Chilli Chicken Dry is a popular Indo Chinese stir fry. If you are looking for a stir fry with a little kick and spice look no further than this recipe. Typically, chilli chicken is deep fried and then tossed in the sauce. I keep this recipe healthish by searing the chicken in a pan.
How to Make Chilli Chicken Dry
There are 3 steps to this recipe:
Velveting the chicken – this is a technique used by Chinese restaurants to make chicken tender. Marinate chicken with soya sauce, salt, pepper and corn flour. As little as 15 minutes is enough for chicken to marinate and get tender.
Cooking the chicken – In a wok or wide pan heat oil and spread chicken in a single layer. Leave for 2 minutes then flip on the other side. You can also deep fry or shallow fry the chicken if you like.
Making the chicken chili dry stir fry – in a wok heat oil and fry ginger and garlic for a couple of minutes. Add onions and capsicum along with chilli flakes. Add the chicken and all the sauces.
How Spicy is Chilli Chicken Dry?
Typically Chilli Chicken dry is a bit spicy. The recipe uses all sorts of pepper i.e white pepper, black pepper, chilli flakes and sometimes green chillies too. Chilli sauce or siracha sauce is also added.
Depending on your personal you can adjust the spice levels. Instead of using chilli flakes you can use whole red chilli which adds the flavour without making it too spicy.
Watch How to Make it
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Chilli Chicken Dry
Ingredients
- 500 g Boneless Chicken
- 1 Medium Onion Sliced
- 1 Medium Capsicum Sliced
- ¼ cup Green Onion chopped
- 1 tbsp Garlic (Chopped)
- 1 tbsp Ginger (Chopped)
- 1 tbsp Soya Sauce
- 1 tbsp Chilli Sauce See notes
- ½ tsp Crushed Red Chilli
- 4 tbsp Oil
Marinade for Chicken
- 1 tbsp Soya Sauce
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Blackpepper
- ½ tsp White Pepper
- 2 tbsp Cornflour
Instructions
- Marinate chicken with all the ingredients for atleast 10 minutes.
- In a wok heat 2 tbsp of oil and spread chicken in one layer. Allow it to sear for 2 minutes before turning it over. Cook untill chicken it cooked and light golden. NOTE: You can also deep fry the chicken.
- Take the chicken out and set aside.
- Clean the wok and heat remaining 2 tbsp of oil. Fry garlic for a minute until fragrant and then add ginger as well.
- Add onion, spring onions and capsicum, fry for a couple of minutes.
- Put chicken in and add soya sauce, chilli sauce and crushed chilli. Stir fry for 2 more minutes.
- Garnish with some spring onion. Serve with steamed white rice or noodles.
