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Chicken Manchurian Recipe
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
marination
4 hrs 30 mins
Total Time
4 hrs 45 mins
 

Chicken Manchurian Recipe is one of the Indo-Chinese recipes mostly served as a starter in Indian restaurants.

Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Chinese, Indian, Indo Chinese
Keyword: Chicken Manchurian Recipe
Servings: 4
Calories: 430 kcal
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
  • Chicken – 300 gms.
  • Salt – 1 ½ tbsp.
  • All-purpose flour/ maida – 2 tbsp.
  • Corn flour – 2 tbsp.
  • Black pepper powder – 2 tbsp.
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp.
  • Egg – 1 No.
  • Soya sauce – 1 ½ tbsp.
  • Oil – to deep fry
  • Garlic grate – 1 tbsp.
  • Ginger grate – 1 tbsp.
  • Green chillies – 1 tbsp. finely sliced
  • Onions – 2 tbsp. finely sliced
  • Vinegar – 1 tbsp.
  • Schezwan sauce – 1 tbsp.
  • White pepper – 1 tbsp.
  • Tasting salt/ Ajinomoto – ¼ tbsp. optional
  • Tomato sauce – 2 tbsp.
  • Water – ½ cup
Instructions
  1. Ask the butcher to cut the chicken into small pieces (1-2 inch size).
  2. Clean and put pieces into mixing bowl and add a little salt, maida, cornflour, black pepper powder, ginger garlic paste and egg.
  3. Mix all ingredients and marinate for 3-4 hours with the lid closed and in the refrigerator.
  4. Although we add soya sauce while making Manchurian gravy, add ½ tbsp. soya sauce after marination.
  5. In a pan add adequate oil to deep fry and bring it to optimum temperature.
  6. Add marinated chicken pieces in oil and deep fry till they turn mild golden brown.
  7. Usually, the chicken gets cooked fast as the size of the piece is small and marinated for 3-4 hours.
  8. Remove from oil and transfer to another plate, keep aside.
  9. In a pan, add little oil and add finely sliced ginger, garlic, green chilli pieces and onions.
  10. Saute for a second and add both black and white pepper powders, soya sauce (must), vinegar, tomato sauce, schezwan sauce, salt and Ajinomoto.
  11. Mix all ingredients and add little water to make gravy. Let it boil for few seconds.
  12. Add fried chicken pieces and mix well and cook on high flame so that gravy turns thick while the gravy is being coated to pieces.
  13. Garnish chicken manchurian recipe with coriander leaves and serve hot accompanied with noodles.