Search This Blog

Chicken Manchurian

Ingredients

For making the chicken marinade:
Boneless chicken - 3/4 lb
(cut into 1 1/2 inch length thin strips.)
All purpose flour or maida - 3 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 - 3 tsp
Ajinomoto - 1/2 tsp
Soya Sauce - 1/2 tbsp
Chili sauce - 1 tsp (optional)
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

For making the sauce:
Ginger, finely chopped 1 tsp
Garlic, finely chopped 1 tsp
Green chillies, finely chopped 2 tsp
Spring onions - finely chopped - 5 tbsp
Soya sauce - 1/4 tbsp
Chili sauce - 1/2 tsp (optional)
Tomato sauce/ketchup - 1 tbsp (optional)
Black Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Ajinomoto - a pinch
Chicken stock - 1/4 cup
(or use Maggi/Knorr Chicken Soup Cubes)
Maida/All-purpose flour with water
(mix 3 tbsp of maida & 1/4 cup of water)
Oil 2 tbsp
Salt To taste

Method

Combine all the ingredients for the
Marinade (except oil) and set aside for 1/2 -
1 hour.
Heat the oil in a frying pan. Deep fry the
chicken pieces a few at a time.
Drain when golden brown and cooked.
Keep aside.
In another pan, heat oil, and then add the
chopped ginger, garlic and green chillies
and finally some spring onion and saute for
a minute.
Add the soya sauce, chili sauce/tomato
sauce, pepper, sugar, ajinomoto, stock and
salt.
Add little water and bring to a boil. Add the
fried chicken and cook for 3 minutes.
Then add the maida and water mixture and
stir so that no lumps are formed.
Cook for a few minutes until the mixture
thickens slightly.