A quickie recipe: Chilli Chicken

Chilli Chicken is one of the easiest chicken recipes with lots of varieties that you may find online. The recipe I am sharing here is basically a quickie version I figured out while experimenting with the dish. If you are in a rush for preparing a lunch or dinner item, this is just what you would like to make, simple yet delicious.

Cook Time
Prep time: 20-25 min
Cook time: 35-40 min
Ready in: About 1 hour
Yields: serves 4-5 people

Ingredients

1 Medium sized whole chicken, cut into small pieces
4 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp barbecue sauce

1 tsp of sugar
Salt, as per your taste ( I usually omit salt as the sauces in the recipe are salty enough for my taste)
1tbsp Lemon juice

2 tbsp of corn flour

1/3 cup water (cold/room temperature)

2 tbsp of vegetable oil

500 gm diced onion

1 tbsp of minced garlic
3 Green chili, chopped
1 Bell Pepper cut into small cubes

Instructions

• Pour oil in a saucepan, add the minced garlic and half of the onions, stir them continuously until the onions are translucent.

•  Add the chicken pieces

• In a bowl, add the previously measure soy sauce, oyster sauce, barbecue sauce, lemon juice and sugar, mix well.

• Pour the mixture over the chicken, stir well.

• Once the chicken has started to change color (not translucent anymore), add the rest of the onions. 

• Add the green chillies

•  Cover and cook for about 10-12 minutes on medium heat. However, stir the contents from time to time and make sure nothing gets burnt.

•  Add bell pepper/capsicum

• Mix the corn flour with the water and pour it on the chicken being cooked.

•  Stir vigorously for 3/4 minutes so that the thick gravy forms uniformly.

• Serve with steamed rice/fried rice or chow mein.