Oriental Chili Chicken Recipes

SIMPLE CHILLI CHICKEN RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
• Cut the chicken into thin strips then coat in the egg wash and flour.
• Shallow fry for a few minutes on each side, until golden brown.
• Add the peppers and fry for another couple of minutes. Remove the chicken and peppers and set aside.
• In the same pan, add the garlic, red chilli, soy sauce, tomato purée, and water. Stir and simmer the mixture reduces and is thick and syrupy.
• Add back in the chicken and peppers and stir well in the sauce.
• Serve with rice.
• Enjoy!

THAI-STYLE CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat sesame oil over medium heat. Add chicken, carrot and celery; cook and stir until vegetables are slightly softened, 3-4 minutes. Add ginger and garlic; cook 1 minute more., Stir in tomatoes, coconut milk, curry paste, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Add edamame; cook 5 minutes more. Stir in spinach, green onion and lemon zest until spinach wilts. Remove from heat; top with cilantro and peanuts.

CHILI CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together the honey, sweet chili sauce and soy sauce. Set aside a small dish of the marinade for basting. Place chicken drumsticks into the bowl. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat.
• Lightly oil the grill grate. Arrange drumsticks on the grill. Cook for 10 minutes per side, or until juices run clear. Baste frequently with the reserved sauce during the last 5 minutes.

CHILLI CHICKEN - CHINESE STYLE

Steps:

• Make a batter with the'Marinade' ingredients.
• Put chicken pieces into it and mix well.
• Set aside for 1/2 hour.
• Heat oil, about 2 inches deep, in a wok/frypan.
• Fry chicken pieces, in batches of 6-8 pieces, till cooked through (approx 7-8 mins for each batch).
• Drain fried chicken on a paper towel.
• When all the chicken pieces are fried, remove oil from the pan, letting about 2 tablespoons remain in it.
• In a small bowl mix together cornstarch and water.
• Put back the wok on fire and heat the 2 tblsps of oil.
• Add green chillies, garlic, green pepper and shallot and stir fry for 30 secsonds.
• Pour in soya sauce and vinegar; give it two three quick whisks and immediately add the cornstarch-water mixture.
• The sauce will thicken; if you find it too thick, add some more water.
• When the bubbles appear, add the fried chicken pieces.
• Add salt and a pinch of MSG (if using).
• Stir fry chicken for 2 minutes and remove from fire.
• Serve hot with chinese fried rice/plain rice or noodles.

CHINESE CHILLI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Slice the chicken.
• Roughly chop the onion and pepper.
• Grate or finely chop the garlic.
• Cut the chilli in half, discard the seed and finely chop.
• Heat the oil in a wok or a large deep frying pan.
• Add the chicken, onion, peppers, chilli, garlic, and ginger.
• Fry for about 5 minutes on high heat.
• Add the remaining ingredients to the pan and continue cooking about 10-15 minutes until most of the liquid has evaporated and the chicken has cooked through.
• Serve with rice or Chinese noodles.

ORIENTAL CHILI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Stir the soy sauce, tomato paste, tomato sauce, chili sauce, vinegar, sugar and black pepper together in a small bowl, then set aside.
• Put the chicken strips in a large bowl with the cornstarch, turmeric and salt and mix well.
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok over a medium heat. Add the chicken pieces and fry, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, with a slotted spoon and set aside.
• Tip the garlic and onion into the oil remaining in the pan and fry, stirring for 3 minutes.
• Add the green chili and fry for 1 minute. Return the chicken pieces to the pan and fry for a further 1 minute.
• Stir in the spicy sauce mixture and stir for 2 minutes, or until the chicken pieces are cooked through. Check by cutting into a piece of chicken - the juices should run clear.
• Serve hot topped with the onion slices and sliced green chilies.