Chicken Manchurian Recipe

Oriental cuisine is loved for its delectable selection of sauces, spices and methods of cooking. Put the culinary expertise of China and India together and bam! What do you get? An even more mindblowing cuisine, something we like to refer to as desi Chinese. Desi, which means Indian. Apart from soy sauce-blackened hakka noodles and chikkan chili dry, desi Chinese is also home to dishes like Manchurian. Savoured by vegetarian in the gobi, paneer and other forms, the preparation also has its non-veg cousins. Here’s how to make one – chicken Manchurian.

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Manchurian Run

Deep fried balls of chicken in a light gravy.

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Course

Side Dish

Cuisine

Asian, Chinese

Prep Time

60 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Servings

people MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• 250 grams Boneless Chicken cubes or keema/ mince

Marinade

• kg ½ of 1 egg white 1 egg white for ½chicken
• tsp ⅛coarsely crushed pepper
• 1 tsp soya sauce
• 2 pinches of chili powder
• 2 tbsp corn flour
• 1 tbsp ½rice flour
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• pinch Aof salt
• Oil as needed
• For sauce/gravy
• 1 tbsp chopped garlic
• tbsp ½chopped ginger
• 1 medium onion
• 1 tsp ½soya sauce
• 2 tbsp. red chili sauce
• 1 tsp Vinegar
• 1 cup Chicken stock - Or water
• 2 tsp corn flour 3 for gravy
• 3 tbsp. water to mix with flour
• pinch Aof salt
• ½ sugar if red chili sauce has no sugar use ¾
• cup ¾capsicum cubed
• Few spring onions whites
• Few spring onion greens

Course Side Dish Cuisine Asian, Chinese Prep Time 60 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Servings people MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 250 grams Boneless Chicken cubes or keema/ mince Marinade kg ½ of 1 egg white 1 egg white for ½chicken tsp ⅛coarsely crushed pepper 1 tsp soya sauce 2 pinches of chili powder 2 tbsp corn flour 1 tbsp ½rice flour 1 tsp ginger garlic paste pinch Aof salt Oil as needed For sauce/gravy 1 tbsp chopped garlic tbsp ½chopped ginger 1 medium onion 1 tsp ½soya sauce 2 tbsp. red chili sauce 1 tsp Vinegar 1 cup Chicken stock - Or water 2 tsp corn flour 3 for gravy 3 tbsp. water to mix with flour pinch Aof salt ½ sugar if red chili sauce has no sugar use ¾ cup ¾capsicum cubed Few spring onions whites Few spring onion greens

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Instructions

1. Mix chicken with soya sauce, salt, ginger garlic paste, red chili powder and pepper powder.
2. Add egg white and flour. Mix well and set aside for at least an hour.
3. Take about 2 tablespoons of minced marinated chicken and ball it up. Do this for the entire mix.
4. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry balls on a medium flame until golden. Drain on a kitchen towel.
5. Mix the corn flour with 3 tablespoons of water.
6. Transfer the oil to a bowl and retain only half a tablespoon.
7. Fry ginger garlic until aromatic and fry onions until transparent.
8. Add bell peppers and fry for 2 minutes.
9. Add sauces, when they begin to bubble, add the corn flour mixture and 1 cup water or stock.
10. When the sauce begins to bubble, add the balls, spring onions and toss.
11. Cook for 5 to 6 minutes. If the sauce becomes too thick, add very little water and cook.
12. Garnish with spring onions and serve.