Restaurant-Style Dragon Chicken Recipe With Photos
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Restaurant-style dragon chicken
What Is Dragon Chicken?
Dragon chicken is a very popular and beloved Indo-Chinese fusion dish. Made with crispy batter-fried chicken strips that are tossed with vegetables in a yummy sweet and spicy sauce and infused with Chinese flavors, it can be served as a side or main course dish along with rice.
Cook Time
| Prep time | Cook time | Ready in | Yields |
|---|---|---|---|
15 min | 10 min | 25 min | 2 servings |
Ingredients
For the chicken strips:
- 250 grams chicken breast strips
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon white pepper
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoons corn flour
- 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
- 4 tablespoons chilled water
- 1 egg
For the sauce:
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 4 dried red chillies, halved
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 tablespoons chilli sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 20 cashew nuts, halved
- 1 green bell pepper, sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 tablespoon chopped spring onion
- 1/2 tablespoon sesame seeds
Directions
- In a bowl, add chicken strips and salt and pepper to taste.
- In a separate bowl, combine all-purpose flour, corn flour, baking powder, salt, white pepper, and 1 egg. Add some chilled water and mix well to make a batter.
- Add the chicken strips to the flour mixture. Set aside to marinate for 15 minutes.
- Heat some oil in a pan and add the chicken strips one by one. Fry until they turn golden brown.
- In another pan heat some oil. Add garlic paste and dried red chillies, and fry. Add sliced onion, chilli sauce, soy sauce, tomato sauce, salt and sugar. Fry until the onion becomes soft.
- Add fried cashew nuts, green bell pepper, and red bell pepper. Fry over medium to high flame.
- Add the already fried chicken strips back to the pan and add some water. Cook on high flame for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Garnish with chopped green spring onion. Sprinkle some sesame seeds on the top. Bon appetit!
Photo Guide
Chicken strips
Add salt and pepper.
In a bowl, combine all-purpose flour, corn flour, baking powder, salt, pepper, and one egg. Mix well.
Add some chilled water. Mix well to make a batter.
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Add chicken strips to the batter. Set aside for 15 minutes.
In a pan, heat some oil to fry the chicken strips.
Add the chicken strips to the pan one by one.
Fry the strips until they turn golden brown.
In another pan heat some oil. Add chopped garlic and dried red chillies. Fry over high flame.
Add sliced onion. Cook until they turn soft.
Add chilli sauce, soy sauce, tomato paste, salt and sugar.
Add fried and sliced cashew nuts.
Add sliced green and red bell pepper.
Add fried chicken strips. Add some water and cook over medium to high flame for 5 to 10 minutes.
Dragon chicken is ready.
Garnish with chopped green spring onion.
Sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Bon appetit!
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