Spicy Chilli Chicken
Indian dish with boneless chicken meat, masala, lemon juice.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- India
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless chicken meat
- 1 tbsp masala
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 3 tbsp canola oil
- 1½ red onion
- ¾ tbsp red chile powder
- ¾ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp coriander
- 3 medium tomatoes
- ½ tbsp ginger
- 2 tbsp garlic
- 6 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 8 tbsp soy sauce
- 4 indian green chiles
- 2 green bell peppers
Steps
- Marinate the chicken with lemon juice, masala, and salt for 1 hour.
- In a large pot, fry the marinated chicken in canola oil until golden brown (5–7 minutes).
- Remove the chicken from the pot.
- Cut into pieces.
- Into the remaining oil, add the onions, red chili powder, turmeric, paprika, and coriander powder.
- Sauté until wilted.
- Add the tomatoes, ginger, and garlic.
- Cook till the tomatoes are softened and breaking apart.
- Put the ketchup, soy sauce, fried chicken pieces, green chiles, and green peppers in the pot.
- Simmer until peppers are soft and chicken is fully-cooked.
- Serve over steamed rice.
Adapted from “Spicy Chilli Chicken”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.