Hello...... Thought I will quickly post a recipe om my mothers chilli chicken. There is nothing authentic about it, but it's just so delicious I can eat and eat and eat some more. You guys should try it. Without any doubt I am confirming that it will turn out gorgeous. By the way, I would like to add that Maa deciphered this recipe because my my sheer love for Chinese food, and by Chinese I mean Hindustani Chinese .I have traveled to Bejing and Shanghai and I have had authentic Chinese there and I will confess it's rather bland for our taste. I am not saying it wasn't nice, in fact it was delicious , though you have to be prepared to handle the smell of fish sauce, its just that I prefer the Indian version.
Here I would like to also say that, thanks to my working with some really nice media companies , they have taken us to some nice places and that's given me an opportunity to experience a varied range of cuisine. When my colleagues were happy to eat the Indian food arranged for them, I was always open to going out and trying the local cuisine. The sea food platter at Bali was gorgeous, it was a beach side shack and over twenty of them and each had like ten tables, with the last table almost into the sea, and you could feel the waves on your feet. In the night these tables were lit up with candles and the only sound you could hear was the the sound of waves and people chatting away softly. In a distance you could see the flights land and take off from Depensar airport. The view was breath taking as you feel the flight is landing into the sea. To sit there, have wine and gorge on the sea food, was an experience i cant explain enough. So was the fish and lobster that a few colleagues who are fond of food like me and I, bought live at Pattaya and got it cooked in front of us, when they served it, it seemed the fish would come alive anytime, as it looked the same, but when you close your mind to all that and taste the fish you will feel an explosion of flavors in your mouth, fresh fish made in fresh ingredients, fabulous. The Chinese at Shanghai or the late night dinner at a really small joint in Hong kong. There is a really interesting story about Hongkong. So I am at this place eating my food and these two girls sitting at the table next to me exchange pleasantries and then say " in our country no eat alone", I have to confess it was really sweet of them. They shared their food with me and explained to me in their broken English what I should eat with which sauce. I did though return the favor the next day. I was at this restaurant all alone once again experimenting with food as I really wanted to try peaking duck. Since I was alone they requested me to share the table with a few people. They also said that I had to order a full duck as they wouldn't serve pieces. So I requested the people sitting on my table to join me. They willingly agreed and it was a blast. The food of course was delicious and the experience incomparable.
Ok let's get back to the recipe.
Mom style chilli chicken.
What you need:
Chicken 1 kg on the bone or Boneless as per your preference. Ask your purveyor to make u chilli chicken size pieces.
For the chicken marinade:
4-5 tbsp tomato sauce
1 1/2 tbsp soya sauce
4-5 spoon chilli sauce
2 tbsp cornflour
1 tbsp vinegar
2 eggs
1 tsp oyster sauce (I add ) optional.
Salt to taste.
To finish the dish.
Lots and lots of garlic cloves, say 2 full garlic bunch
12 green chillies slit through the center
Spring onions 2-3
What you need to do:
Take a bowl, add all the ingredients of the marinade and mix well, add the chicken to it and mix so that the chicken is coated well. Fry this chicken in batches, it cooks really quickly so make sure it doesn't burn. Once all the chicken is fried, in the same oil add the chillies garlic and spring and slightly fry, add the chicken back to the pan and stir. In the mean time to the bowl where you had made the marinade add 3 spoons of tomato sauce , 4 spoons of chilli sauce, 1 spoon of soya sauce, and 1 spoon of vinegar. Mix and add it to the chicken. Stir and leave for 5 minutes. Chilli chicken mom style done.
Note: If you want gravy just add a cup of or more water to it and adjust the seasoning of the sauces. Take a bowl, add all the ingredients of the marinade and the chicken to it.
Here I would like to also say that, thanks to my working with some really nice media companies , they have taken us to some nice places and that's given me an opportunity to experience a varied range of cuisine. When my colleagues were happy to eat the Indian food arranged for them, I was always open to going out and trying the local cuisine. The sea food platter at Bali was gorgeous, it was a beach side shack and over twenty of them and each had like ten tables, with the last table almost into the sea, and you could feel the waves on your feet. In the night these tables were lit up with candles and the only sound you could hear was the the sound of waves and people chatting away softly. In a distance you could see the flights land and take off from Depensar airport. The view was breath taking as you feel the flight is landing into the sea. To sit there, have wine and gorge on the sea food, was an experience i cant explain enough. So was the fish and lobster that a few colleagues who are fond of food like me and I, bought live at Pattaya and got it cooked in front of us, when they served it, it seemed the fish would come alive anytime, as it looked the same, but when you close your mind to all that and taste the fish you will feel an explosion of flavors in your mouth, fresh fish made in fresh ingredients, fabulous. The Chinese at Shanghai or the late night dinner at a really small joint in Hong kong. There is a really interesting story about Hongkong. So I am at this place eating my food and these two girls sitting at the table next to me exchange pleasantries and then say " in our country no eat alone", I have to confess it was really sweet of them. They shared their food with me and explained to me in their broken English what I should eat with which sauce. I did though return the favor the next day. I was at this restaurant all alone once again experimenting with food as I really wanted to try peaking duck. Since I was alone they requested me to share the table with a few people. They also said that I had to order a full duck as they wouldn't serve pieces. So I requested the people sitting on my table to join me. They willingly agreed and it was a blast. The food of course was delicious and the experience incomparable.
Ok let's get back to the recipe.
Mom style chilli chicken.
What you need:
Chicken 1 kg on the bone or Boneless as per your preference. Ask your purveyor to make u chilli chicken size pieces.
For the chicken marinade:
4-5 tbsp tomato sauce
1 1/2 tbsp soya sauce
4-5 spoon chilli sauce
2 tbsp cornflour
1 tbsp vinegar
2 eggs
1 tsp oyster sauce (I add ) optional.
Salt to taste.
To finish the dish.
Lots and lots of garlic cloves, say 2 full garlic bunch
12 green chillies slit through the center
Spring onions 2-3
What you need to do:
Take a bowl, add all the ingredients of the marinade and mix well, add the chicken to it and mix so that the chicken is coated well. Fry this chicken in batches, it cooks really quickly so make sure it doesn't burn. Once all the chicken is fried, in the same oil add the chillies garlic and spring and slightly fry, add the chicken back to the pan and stir. In the mean time to the bowl where you had made the marinade add 3 spoons of tomato sauce , 4 spoons of chilli sauce, 1 spoon of soya sauce, and 1 spoon of vinegar. Mix and add it to the chicken. Stir and leave for 5 minutes. Chilli chicken mom style done.
Note: If you want gravy just add a cup of or more water to it and adjust the seasoning of the sauces. Take a bowl, add all the ingredients of the marinade and the chicken to it.
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