Dragon Chicken | Restaurant Style Recipe

Dragon chicken is an Indo-Chinese dry chicken usually served as a appetizer. It is loaded with lots of flavor and has a richness of cashew. It is a spicy stir fry dish which is made with some of the common ingredients that are easy to find and many of them may already have on hand. 

Unlike other chicken dish here we use a thin long striped chicken.  First the chicken is marinaded in flours, chilli powder, and egg white which makes it soft. Then it is deep fried and tossed in sauces. Sauce gives additional flavor to the chicken. It is full of flavour. Also it is simple and satisfying to make.

Dragon Chicken Recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indo Chinese | Recipe Category: Appetizer

Prep Time: 10 mins | Marination Time: 30 mins | Cooking Time: 20 mins | Serves : 3

Ingredients:

To marinade and fry:

Boneless Chicken - 1/4 kg

Corn flour - 2 tblspn

Maida - 1 tblspn

Egg white - 1, optional (used for softness)

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Black pepper - 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Salt - to taste

Oil - to fry

Other Ingredients:

Red chillies - 2, broken

Ginger - 1 tblspn

Garlic - 1 tblspn

Cashews - 15

Capsicum - 1

Onion - 1, medium sized

Carrot - 1/4, julienned

Sugar - 1 tsp

Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 1 tsp

Tomato ketchup - 2 tblspn

Red chilli Sauce - 2 tblspn

Soy sauce - 1 tsp

Vinegar - 1 tsp

Spring onion green - to garnish

Method:

Cut the chicken into long thin strips. Julienne the capsicum, carrot and onion. Finely chop spring onion green.

In a bowl, marinade chicken with ingredients listed under to marinade and fry. Mix them coat evenly and deep fry them till golden brown.

Heat a wok, add broken red chilli, ginger, garlic. Once the nice aroma comes out, add the cashews.

Add the chopped onion, sauté for 30 seconds. Add the julienned capsicum and carrot and let them cook for a while.

Now, add sugar salt, red chilli powder, tomato sauce, red chilli sauce, soy sauce and vinegar one by one. Add little water or chicken stock. Cook for a min.

Then, add the fried chicken and toss them well. Garnish with spring onion and remove from flame.

Enjoy!

Pictorial:

Ingredients for marinating chicken

Other ingredients for dragon chicken. Julienne the carrot and capsicum, slice the onions and finely chop ginger and garlic

Cut the chicken into thin long stripes. Boneless chicken is much preferred

In a large mixing bowl, take chicken and all the ingredients listed to marinade.

Combine everything together. Marinade the chicken for 30 mins

Heat oil in a deep frying pan over medium high flame. Add the marinated chicken and fry till golden brown

Once fried transfer it to a bowl.

Heat oil in a wok, add broken red chillies.

Finely chopped ginger and garlic goes into this

Once they become brown add cashew and roast it

Add sliced onion and saute for 30 seconds

Add in julienned capsicum and carrot. Stir fry for 1 to 2 mins

When capsicum is slightly cooked add sugar

Immediately add chilli powder

Now, all the sauces goes in(chilli sauce, soy sauce, tomato sauce and vinegar)

Add little water or chicken stock and cook for a min

Add the fried chicken and toss well to coat evenly

Garnish with spring onion greens and put off the flame

Its ready! Enjoy!