Restaurant Style Chicken lollipop Recipe | Schezwan Chicken Lollipop

Chicken lollipop is one of the popular dish served in most of the restaurants. It is one of the super easy recipe which is enjoyed by kids. The only difficult part is making lollipops by forcibly pushing from one end to the other to make them thinner. It can be made either plain fried chicken or tossed with sauce. The recipe shared today is indochinese schezwan style chicken, hence it is tossed in a sauce.

Recipe after the picture...

Chicken lollipop

Recipe Cuisine: Indo Chinese | Recipe Category: Non Veg / Starter

Prep Time: 15 mins | Cooking Time: 20 mins | Serves: 3

Ingredients:

Lollipop chicken  - 6 pieces

All purpose flour / maida - 1/4 cup

Corn flour - 1/4 cup

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala - 1 tsp(optional)

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tblspn

Ginger - 1 tblspn

Garlic - 1 tsp

Black pepper - 1 tsp

Red chilli paste - 2 tblspn (or 1 tblspn red chilli sauce)
Tomato Ketchup - 2 tblspn

Soy sauce - 1 tblspn

Vinegar - 1/2 tsp

Onion - 2 tblspn

Sugar - 1 tsp

Salt - to taste

Spring onion - 2 tblspn

Oil - to deep fry

Method:

Take the chicken drummet in a chopping board start to make lollipop by pushing the chicken flesh to the top end from the thinner side so that the bottom side has no meat in it. Repeat the process for the other legs.

In a bowl, take corn flour, all purpose flour(maida), ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, pepper powder, salt to taste and garam masala(optional). Make a thick batter by adding very little water.

Pour this marinade into the chicken drumsticks and mix well. Marinate it for 30 minutes.

Heat oil to deep fry and drop the chicken drumsticks coated with the batter. Once the chicken gets cooked well, drain the fried chicken in a paper towel.

Now, for the schezwan style chicken, heat little oil in a pan. Add finely chopped garlic and saute for few seconds.

Then, add in finely chopped spring onion(or normal onion). Once onion becomes translucent, add in chilli sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, tomato ketchup, salt and sugar. Add 1/4 cup of water and make a thick sauce.

Drop the fried chicken into the prepared sauce and toss well until it is nicely coated. Garnish with spring onion green.

Serve!

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

Take the chicken drummet in a chopping board start to make lollipop by pushing the chicken flesh to the top end from the thinner side so that the bottom side has no meat in it.

Repeat the process for the other legs.

In a bowl, take corn flour, all purpose flour(maida)

Add salt to taste

Add 1 teaspoon of chilli powder

And a teaspoon of pepper powder

Add in 1 tablespoon of ginger garlic paste

Add little water and make a thick batter

Pour this marinade into the chicken drumsticks and mix well. Marinate it for 30 minutes.

Deep fry the marinated chicken in a hot oil until golden brown

Once the chicken gets cooked well, drain the fried chicken in a paper towel.

Now, for the schezwan style chicken, heat little oil in a pan. Add finely chopped garlic and saute for few seconds.

Then, add in finely chopped spring onion(or normal onion).

Saute till the onion becomes soft

Add 1/2 tsp of vinegar

Then, add the soy sauce

2 tablespoon of red chilli sauce or red chilli paste is added

Then, add 2 tablespoon of tomato ketchup

Add 1/4 cup of water and make a thick sauce

Drop the fried chicken into it

Toss well and garnish with spring onion green or coriander powder

Serve!