CHICKEN CHILLI - AN INDO CHINESE FUSION FOOD

I am sure you are in a joyous mood with the celebration of Merry Christmas. Wishing all of my readers and friends A wonderful Christmas.

 

Celebrated this joyous moment with scrumptious and my hot favourite CHILLI CHICKEN. It is teen's favourite too. This delicious and flavorful chicken recipe, needs very less effort than any other Indian Chicken dishes I know. I used boneless chicken, but you might use chicken with bones, that's also comes out good. A popular INDO-CHINESE goes well with noodles, fried rice or simply with hot & sour soup. A great and spicy supper that can be made in advance.

INGREDIENTS:
500 gm Boneless Chicken
2 + 1 tbsps Corn Flour
2 tbsps Dark Soya Sauce
2 tbsps Tomato Chilli Sauce
2 tsps Rice Vinegar
A pinch of Ajinomoto
1/2 tsp White Pepper powder
1/3 tsp Garlic Pepper powder
1 Egg
12 Pods of Garlic
1" Ginger (minced)
6 Green Chillies
1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste
2 Medium Onions
1 Tomato
2 Green Bell Peppers
2 Green Onions
1/2 Cup Chicken Broth / warm water
1 tsp Sugar
4 tbsps Sesame Oil
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil for Frying
Salt to taste

METHOD:
Cut Chicken in bite sized small pieces. Wash and make it pat dry.

Marinate chicken with ginger-garlic paste, garlic pepper powder, 1 tbsp soya sauce, egg, 2 tbsps corn flour and salt. Keep marinated chicken aside for 30 seconds.

In the meantime, chop garlic, green onions and green chillies.

Cut Onion, green bell pepper and tomato in cubes. Set aside.

Heat vegetable oil in a wok. Add few marinated chicken pieces. Fry both sides of the chicken pieces till golden brown.

Remove from oil  by using a slotted spoon and keep on a kitchen paper towel. Follow the same process and fry all the chicken pieces.

Heat sesame oil on another wok on high. Add chopped garlic, ginger and green chillies in it. Saute for few seconds and now add onions and fry for a minute or two.

Then add green bell peppers, tomato, soya sauce, vinegar, white pepper powder, ajinomoto and salt in it. Fry for another 2-3 minutes on high heat.

Add fried chicken pieces in it. fold nicely.

Now Add chicken broth/water in it. Dilute 1 tbsp corn flour in 1 tbsp water nicely and add in wok. Add chopped green onions in it. Fold nicely and remove from heat.

A delicious fusion dish, Chilli chicken is ready now. Serve hot accompanying with hot and sour soup or noodles or any fried rice.

Sending to: Celebrate Christmas @ Divya & Jagruti

CHICKEN SHASHLIK

A very delicious fingerlicking simple chicken tikka is chicken shashlik, a great appetizer, very healthy and attactive dish with different colourful vegetables. It is actually Pakistani kabab dish, very mouthwatering, easy but truelly delightful, loved by all.

Today my space achieved 100 blogger friends. Let us celebrate this memorable moment with luscious Chicken Shashlik - A Simple but Yummy Kabab recipe. Just try and enjoy it.

INGREDIENTS:
1lb Boneless Skinless Chicken Thigh, cut into 1" cubes
1 large Onion (diced)
1 Green Bell Pepper (seedless & diced)
2 medium Tomatoes (seedless and diced)
1/2 tsp Ginger paste
1/2 tsp Garlic paste
1 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
1/3 tsp Black Pepper powder
1/3 tsp Garlic Pepper powder
1&1/2 tbsps Olive Oil
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Chaat masala
2 tbsps Hot and Sweet Tomato Sauce
1 tsp Butter
7 Wooden skewers

METHOD:
Soak wooden skewers in water for atleast 2 hours, so that it will not burn at the time of baking/grilling.

Wash chicken nicely and make it pat dry. Marinate chicken pieces with ginger paste, garlic paste, black pepper powder, garlic pepper powder, lemon juice, olive oil and salt. Cover and refrigerate atleast for 2 hours or overnight will be preferable.

Add tomato, bell pepper and onion with the marination. Mix nicely. Combine tomato sauce and butter in a small bowl.

Thread the chicken into the skewers, alternating the chicken with cubes of vegetables as you wish (alternating, onion-chicken-bell pepper-tomato-onion chicken-bell pepper-tomato like that). Arrange the skewers on the baking tray. 

Brush with tomato sauce and butter on it.

Preheat the oven to 450 F. Bake for 20 minutes. To achieve the sizzling effect, now put the oven to broil mode for 5 minutes. Switch off the oven. Take out the baking tray from the oven after 5 minutes.

Place the chicken skewers onto the plate, squeeze little lime juice and sprinkle chaat masala on the top. Serve immediately.

TIPS: If you don't have any oven, you may pour little oil in the griddle and shallow fry
          it with the skewers. 
Sending to: 60 days to Christmas @ Cook like Priya & You Too Can Cook - Indian Food Recipes

CHICKEN SALSA ENCHILADA

This is a simple and easy recipe for quick supper. When we have cheesy enchilada, truely amazingly good and incredibly awesome. These are like restaurant-style enchiladas, because they are so similar to the versions I have had when dinning out. Give them a try, surely you will not be disappointed!





“There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness and kindness, It's hope reborn again, For peace, for understanding, And for goodwill to men!”       

If you are going to search an Christmas appetizer's recipe, there is endless of the recipes in allover the world. The entire month of December is an open  season for parties, every house, every one is in celebration mood. Treat your guest with this delicious Mexican savory dish or you enjoy this with your loved one in a snowy Winter evening.

                                                                                      

INGREDIENTS:
2 Tortillas
4 tbsps Red Chilli Sauce
1/3 cup Shredded Cheese

FOR CHICKEN FILLING:
4 OZ Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs (washed)
1 Medium Carrot
4 Sprigs of Green Onion  (chopped)
1/4 tsp Black Pepper powder
1/4 tsp Garlic Pepper powder
1/4 tsp Red Chilli Flakes
1/2 Green Bell Pepper
1/2 Medium Tomato
1 tsp Lemon Juice
1/4 tsp Dried Oregano
1/4 tsp Dried Basil
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Oil

FOR SALSA:
1/4 of a medium sized Onion
2 Jalapenos (finely chopped)
1/4 cup Green Peas (frozen)
2 tbsps Sweet Corns
2-3 tbsps Mayonnaise

METHOD:

METHOD FOR CHICKEN FILLING:
Cut chicken thighs in bite sized pieces. Marinate the chicken pieces in lemon juice and salt. Keep aside for 30 minutes.

Cut carrot, tomato and bell pepper in thin slices. Set aside.

Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Add oregano and basil in it, fry for few seconds. Now add carrot in it. Fry for 2 minutes, then add green bell pepper and little salt in it. Saute for another a minute.

Add Green onions in it. Fry for another minute.

Now add marinated chicken it. Fry till chicken turns into whitish in colour. Add black pepper, garlic pepper, red chilli flakes and tomato in it. Cover and cook on medium low heat till chicken and vegetables are tendered.Open the lid and keep stirring for a minute or two. Now chicken filling is ready. Remove from heat and keep aside.

METHOD FOR PREPARING SALSA:
Chop onion finely. Beat mayonnaise. Mix all salsa ingredients in it. Combine well. Set aside.

METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING:
Preheat oven to 400 F. Pour 2 tbsps red chilli sauce in a baking tray.

Place a tortilla on a plate. Add half portion of salsa at the center of the tortilla.

Then add half of the chicken filling on the top of the salsa.

Roll up and place seam side down in baking tray. Follow the same proccedure for other tortilla too.

Pour the remaining red chilli sauce over the enchiladas.

Sprinkle shredded cheese on the top.

Bake for 15 minutes at 400 F, Sprinkle more cheese on the top and bake for another 5-7 minutes.

Remove from oven. Serve hot with spanish rice and beans or may serve as an fulfilling meal.

Enjoy Chicken Enchiladas!

TIPS: You may use canned enchilada sauce instead of red chilli sauce.

Sending to: 60 days to Christmas @ Cook like Priya & You Too Can Cook - Indian Food Recipes

A QUICK CHICKEN CURRY

Here chicken curry made with very few ingredients and comes out tasty flavourful and delicious too. It is not an authentic curry, but easy to make and very comfortable with rice and bread both. If you are really in hurry, not having that much time to prepare traditional chicken curry, adopt this yummilicious quick chicken dish, it fulfills your tastebuds definitely.

INGREDIENTS:
1 lb Boneless Skinless Chicken Thigh (washed and trimmed excess fat)
1 Onion (chopped)
2 Green Chillies (roughly chopped)
1 Tomato (chopped)
1 tbsp Ginger paste
1 tbsp Garlic paste
2 tbsps Curry powder
2 Cheese Cubes (grated)
1 tbsp low fat Sour Cream
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
2 tbsps Oil
Salt to taste

METHOD:
Cut the chicken into bite sized pieces. Marinate chicken with 1 tbsp curry powder, ginger paste, garlic paste, lemon juice and salt. Keep aside for 15-20 minutes.

Combine sour cream and grated cheese in a bowl with little water, whisk nicely and set aside.

Heat oil in a pan. Add onion in it.

Saute till onion gets translucent. Add chopped green chillies. Fry for another 2 minutes.

Add marinated chicken in it. Fold well.

Cover and cook for 10 minutes till spices leaves oil and chicken gets almost cooked. Stir occassionally.

Now add chopped tomatoes in it.

At this time, add cheese - sour cream mixture with 1/2 cup of water in it. Fold nicely. When it starts boiling, add 1 tbsp curry powder in it. Lower the heat and cook for another 5 minutes. Now chicken curry is ready to serve.

Serve hot with steamed rice, rotis or toasted bread as you like.