Hakka Chilli Chicken Recipe - Chili Chicken Indian Recipe

Hakka Chilli Chicken Recipe is a popular Chicken Starters or Appetizer in any restaurant and a most common dish of the fusion Indo Chinese cuisine. Boneless chicken pieces are marinated and then deep fried and seasoned in 3 easy simple sauces for chicken to get the best spicy chilli chicken indian recipe either as fry or gravy. The Chinese Community from Canton settled at Tangra, a place on the eastern fringe of Kolkata hence its also called tangra style chilli chicken. It is a legendary dish served by the Chinese (Cantonese Hakka community) living in Kolkata, best served with Noodles.

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Ingredients for Chili Chicken Indian Recipe

1. Chicken Boneless - 500gms
2. Capsicum - 1 big
3. Green chillies - 2
4. Onion - 1 big
5. Tomatoes - 2 medium sized (Can be replaced with 3 to 4 tsps of Tomato Ketchup)
6. Curry Leaves - 2 to 3 strands
7. Coriander Leaves - 2 to 3 strands
8. Spring Onion Leaves - 2 strands
9. Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsps
10. Lemon - 1/2 piece
11. Red Chilli Powder - 2 tsps
12. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
13. Salt - To taste
14. Corn Flour - 3 to 4 tsps
15. Red Chilli Sauce - 1 tsp
16. Green Chilli Sauce - 1 tsp
17. Soya Sauce - 1/2 tsp
18. Vinegar - 1/2 tsp
19. Oil - For Frying

Procedure - How to make Hakka Chilli Chicken Recipe

1. Wash and marinate boneless chicken using salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, corn flour, lemon juice, 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste and rest it for 1 hr

2. In a bowl mix all these sauces for chicken i.e. Red chilli sauce, green chilli sauce, tomato ketchup, soya sauce and vinegar keep aside (Instead of Tomato ketchup and Green chilli sauce I used Tomato Puree and Green chilli paste)

3. In a Pan roast or deep fry the marinated chicken pieces

4. Meanwhile, in a pan add 2 tsps of oil
5. Once oil is hot, add 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste, curry leaves and fry nicely
6. Now add onions, green chillies, capsicum pieces and fry nicely

7. Capsicum pieces should not get overcooked, they should be crunchy enough
8. Add mixed sauces in this and salt if needed
9. Now add fried or roasted chicken pieces to this and cook till sauces evaporate

10. Garnish with coriander and spring onion leaves, chinese chilli chicken indian style is is ready to serve.

Lime and chilli chicken together tastes awesome and is a tempting flavour and nice aroma. You can enjoy it with rotis, naans, noodles, fried rices, biryanis, pulaos and with sambar rice also. Chilli chicken and fried rice is the best chinese combo.