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chili chicken with gravy on white basmati rice.
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Stovetop Crispy Chili Chicken With Gravy

Stovetop Crispy Chili Chicken With Gravy is a classic Indo-Chinese recipe. It’s super easy to make—just marinate the chicken, fry it, cook up the sauce, stir-fry the veggies, and then mix everything together. That’s it!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Resting Time15 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian, indochinese, Pakistani
Keyword: chili chicken gravy, chili chicken with gravy
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 125kcal
Author: Sarah Mirza

Ingredients

Marination

  • 1 lbs chicken breast or thigh
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp corn strach
  • 4 tbsp all purpose flour
  • 4 tbsp ginger garlic paste use this quantity if using homemade but if you're using store-bought 2 tbsp is fine.
  • 1 egg

Sauce

  • ½ cup water
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • ½ tsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp white peeper
  • 1 tbsp corn strach
  • 4 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 tbsp ketchup
  • 1 tbsp red chili sauce
  • 2 tbsp hot sauce
  • Bouillon Chicken Cube

Veggies and oil

  • 2 tbsp olive oil or any neutral oil
  • 1 slitted green pepper
  • ½ medium onion diced squared
  • 1 green onion chopped
  • ½ inch ginger finely chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • ½ bell pepper diced squared

Frying

  • 3 cups olive oil or any neutral oil

Garnish

  • 1 green onion finely chopped

Instructions

  • In a bowl, add chicken, salt, black pepper, vinegar, soy sauce, corn starch, all purpose flour, egg, and ginger garlic paste.
  • Mix well!
  • Marinate for 15 minutes.
  • In a wok, add 3 cups of oil.
  • Turn on the stove to medium heat and let it warm up.
  • Add marinated chicken in there.
  • Fry it until it's cooked properly.
  • Take it out on a paper towel lined plate.
  • Turn off the stove.
  • In a bowl or a glass, add the ingredients for the sauce and mix.
  • Set aside.
  • Now in another wok, on high heat add 2 tbsp oil, and let it heat up.
  • Next add in the garlic and ginger and let it sizzle for 10-20 seconds as you move it around the wok.
  • Add in the bell pepper, green onion, onion, and green pepper.
  • Let it sizzle for about 30 seconds while constantly moving the veggies around the wok.
  • Then turn the heat to medium.
  • Now mix in the sauce you made before.
  • Let that cook for 1-2 minutes.
  • Then mix in the fried chicken.
  • Give it a good mix.
  • Let everything cook for about 5 minutes.
  • Turn off the stove.
  • Garnish with green onion.
  • Serve it with Basmati Rice.
  • Enjoy!

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Nutrition

Serving: 1person | Calories: 125kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Monounsaturated Fat: 85g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 134mg | Potassium: 21mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.01g | Vitamin A: 47IU | Vitamin C: 20mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 2mg