All the gourmets out there, are you fond of Indian as well as Chinese cuisine? Then what about the fusion of both. Dragon chicken recipe will fit in perfectly to your choice of Indo-Chinese fusion.
If you are introduced with this splendid and delicious recipe for the first time. I would recommend you to try it once and trust me you can’t resist trying it after reading and fetching the roots of its flavor.
It has been served widely in many restaurants, this depicts its growing popularity among avid food lovers.
History and Background
What is Dragon chicken all about? It is a Chinese dish made up of Indian flavors. This recipe is all about hotness in its ingredients which usually comes from adding hot chilies.
It is known that the invention of this unusual cuisine was done by the Chinese population in Calcutta. Dragon Chicken recipe is the adapted form of Chinese cuisine into Indian flavors.
In 2010, it became so prominent among the Indian community in North America and Great Britain and later resulted as the mainstream cuisine over there.
This unique cuisine exists in a myriad of forms globally and Indo-Chinese twist has marked its place in top preferred Indo-Chinese fusion around the word.
What makes Dragon Chicken Recipe Unique
The main sizzling hot ingredient on which it has got its unique name is red/green chilies or chili powder. Of course, followed by some Chinese and Indian flavors such as soy sauce, ginger garlic paste, cornflour, and some spices.
It is prepared with boneless chicken, sliced into small pieces, and stirred in oil with some veggies. It hardly takes 1 hour and 45 minutes (including preparation time) to cook and can be served as the main course.
You can adjust the chilies according to your preferences, of course, there is no use of making it super hot if you can’t taste it.
Steps For Making Dragon Chicken Recipe
Equipment
- Pot (Kadai)
- Pan
Ingredients
For Marination
- 300 gm Chicken (boneless)
- ½ teaspoon Black Pepper (crushed)
- 2 tbsp Soya Sauce
- 1 Egg
- 3 tbsp Corn Flour
- Salt To Taste
For Sauce
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 10 Cashew (cut into half) optional
- 1 tbsp Ginger (fine chopped)
- 1 tbsp Garlic (fine chopped)
- 1 tbsp Chili Flakes
- ½ Cup Green Onion White
- ½ Cup Capsicum
- 2 tbsp Soya Sauce
- 4 tbsp Chili Sauce
- 3 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
- Water (as required)
- ½ Cup Dissolved Cornflour
- Salt To Taste
- Green Onion Leaves
Instructions
For Marination & Chicken
- In a mixing bowl add chicken, black pepper, soya sauce, egg, cornflour, salt and mix it well.
- Now leave it for 1-2 hours for marination. But if you in a hurry then you will skip this step.
- After marination, deep fry marinated chicken until it's turning into golden brown and keep aside.
For Sauce
- In a hot pan add oil, cashew, and saute it.
- Add garlic, ginger, chili flakes, onion, capsicum, and cook it for 1-2 minutes.
- Now add soya sauce, chili sauce, tomato ketchup, salt, and mix it.
- Add water (as you required), dissolved cornflour and bring a boil.
- Add fried chicken pieces and mix them.
- Add green onion leaves and mix it. Now your dragon chicken is ready for serve.
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