This Manchurian recipe has a desi tinge to it and if you are a lover of Indian or Pakistani food then this is the choice for you. It fills your taste buds with deliciousness and curbs your cravings.
Ingredients:
For frying the chicken :
Organic boneless chicken (cut in cubes) – 1kg
Garlic (chopped) – 2 cloves
Salt – half teaspoon
Plain flour- 1 and a 1/2 tablespoon
Black pepper – half teaspoon
Egg – 1
For sauce:
Green onion (finely chopped) – 1
Capsicum (chopped) – 1
Corn flour – 2 tablespoon
Tomato Ketchup – 4 tablespoon
Chili Garlic sauce – 4 tablespoon
Red chili spice – 1 teaspoon
Lemon (squeezed) – 1
Salt – half teaspoon
Black pepper – 1 teaspoon
Garlic cloves (chopped) – 4
Pineapple rings – 2
white pepper – 1 teaspoon
Oil – 3 tablespoon
For rice:
Rice (soak in water for an hour) – 2 cups
capsicum (thinly cut in long strips) – 2
Cabbage (thinly cut) – half cup
Carrots (thinly sliced) – 2
Green onion (chopped) – 4
Corn – 2 tablespoon
Oil – 4 tablespoon
Chicken (cut in small slices) – half cup
Salt – half teaspoon (for boiling the rice)
Egg yolk (whisked properly) – 2
Button red chili – 1 teaspoon
Black pepper – half teaspoon
Garlic – 1
Soy sauce – 1 teaspoon
Salt – half a teaspoon
Chinese salt – half teaspoon
Vinegar – 1 teaspoon
Instructions for the organic chicken Manchurian:
- Take a bowl and add chicken, black pepper, salt, and garlic cloves in it and mix properly.
- Add flour to the bowl and keep mixing it.
- Crack the egg in a separate bowl and whisk it nicely.
- Now, add the stirred add in the bowl with chicken and mix it again.
- Take a frying pan and add oil to it.
- Once it is hot enough add the chicken cubes one by one and fry it.
- Once the chicken is light brown, take it out in a tray with tissue paper on it so it absorbs excess oil.
- Now to make the sauce, take a deep saute pan and add oil to it.
- Add garlic and saute it.
- Once the garlic is sauteed, add capsicum, green onions, pineapple rings, salt, red chilli powder, black pepper, and white pepper.
- Once the previous items have sauteed, add ketchup, chilli garlic sauce, and two tablespoons of water so it cooks properly.
- Keep stirring.
- Once it has cooked, add the organic chicken we previously fried.
- Add corn-flour in a separate bowl with two tablespoons of water and mix it properly
- Now, add the corn-flour to the chicken to create a thick consistency and stir it nicely.
- Cook for two more minutes and turn the flame off.
Instructions to make vegetable fried rice:
- Take a deep big pan and 4 cups of water to it.
- Add salt and let it dissolve in the water.
- Once the water is warm, add rice and mix it slightly.
- Cover the pan until the water is dried.
- Add two tablespoons of vinegar and leave it for 10 minutes
- Once the rice is ready, take it out in a dish so it cools off.
- Take a saute pan and add oil and garlic to it.
- Saute the garlic and add chicken to it and let it cook for a while.
- Once the chicken turns white, add salt and carrots (because carrots take time to soften)
- Then add capsicum, green onions and mix them properly.
- Once these vegetables have fried, add corn and cabbage together.
- Keep stirring.
- Slide the vegetables to one side and add the egg yolks to the other and fry like a scrambled egg.
- Mix everything and add button chilli powder, black pepper, Chinese salt, soya sauce, and vinegar.
- Once the vegetables are cooked, add the boiled rice and mix everything carefully.
- Your vegetable fried rice is ready!
Serve the vegetable fried rice with the organic chicken Manchurian and enjoy the delicious meal!
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