Chilli Chicken

Chilli Chicken is a popular chicken starter or appetizer from the Indo-chinese cuisine. Here boneless chicken are marinated in egg, cornflour, Indian spices and then fried and combined with vegetables seasoned in Chinese sauces to get the best Indo-Chinese chilli chicken. It can be served as starter or made in form of gravy and served as main course.

Ingredients-

• Sweet chilli sauce.
• Soya sauce.
• Chilli Garlic sauce.
• Vinegar.
• Diced bell peppers.
• Diced onion.
• Diagonally chopped spring onions.
• Boneless skinless chicken.
• One egg.
• Cornstarch.
• One green Chilli. 
• Red chilli flakes.
• Ginger garlic paste.
• Salt to taste.
• 1/2 teaspoon each - turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala and coriander powder for chicken.
• Oil for frying.

Steps in making:

• Add the spices mentioned above and salt to the chicken.
• Add 2 tbsp cornstarch powder and one egg.
• Mix well.
• Take about 5 to 6 tbsp cooking oil and fry the chicken pieces well on both sides.

• In a large wok add the remaining oil that was used to fry the chicken.
• Put in red chilli flakes, green Chilli,  ginger garlic paste.
• After few seconds add in onions and bell peppers.
• The flames should be high and do not cover the wok.
• After cooking and stiring for 5 minutes add the sauces- Sweet chilli, chilli garlic, soy sauce. Cook for another 5 minutes. Keep stiring. Add vinegar and then the fried chicken. 
• Add salt to taste. (Add little salt as the sauces contain salt.)

This could be served as starter. In case you wish to have it as main course the chilli chicken can be made in form of gravy by adding in a cup of water mixed with cornstarch and cooking for another 5 min. Cornstarch will help in thickening the gravy..
Serve hot with Rice or Naan or any bread.

Honey garlic tender Chicken.

Honey garlic tender chicken is a popular dish in Asian restaurents. The chicken has an amazing crisp-tender texture, smothered in sweet garlicky sauce. Its healthier, as chicken is baked and a stay away from any fried food.
So let's see how we make this delightful dish.

Ingredients :
For the sauce.

• 1 tbsp sesame seed.
• 1 tbsp chilli garlic sauce.
•  4 cloves garlic and some ginger- minced.
• 2 tbsp honey.
• 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce.
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch combined with 1/4th cup water.
• 1 tbsp Olive oil.

Other ingredients :

• Tender chicken -boneless and skinless.
• Bread crumbs.
• Salt and black pepper.
• Cilantro or spring onions for garnishing.

Step 1:

• Coat the tender chicken in the bread crumbs on both the sides.
• Spray cooking oil on aluminum foil placed in baking tray and place each chicken piece over the same.
• Season the chicken with salt and black pepper.

• Preheat oven at 400 degree and place the chicken tray at low rack for 15 minutes.
• After 15 minutes remove the tray and flip the chicken. Spray the remaining bread crumbs on the flipped side.
• Place the same in the oven for another 15 minutes. 
• Switch off the oven. You may want to keep the chicken in hot oven for another 5 minutes for crispier taste.
• Then set aside.

 Preparing the sauce.

• Take 1 tbsp Olive oil in saucepan placed on medium heat.
• Add minced ginger garlic and cook for a minute.
• Add the remaining ingredients- Chilli garlic sauce, honey, soy sauce and very little salt to taste. Add little sesame seeds. 
• As it starts to simmer add corn starch water for thickening and bring to boil. 

• Put 1 tbsp Olive oil in another pan placed over a medium heat.
• Put the baked chicken tenders on it and put the honey garlic sauce all over the chicken. Turn the chicken very carefully and allow the sauce to evenly spread on the chicken. Cook for 2 minutes.

• Garnish the chicken with cilantro and sesame seeds. You may want to use spring onions too for  garnishing.