Burnt Garlic Chilly Chicken

Burnt Garlic Chilly Chicken is mind boggling and tongue tickling appetizer. Its an Indo - Chinese dish , served as a starter has a mesmerizing taste.

This recipe is an adaptation of one of the restaurants here , near my house . One fine day I wasn't in a mood to cook, so ordered this Burnt Garlic Chilly Chicken , and to my surprise it was not only good in taste but it had  few new ingredients too like , peanuts and bhor chillies, I liked the whole idea of burnt garlic , peanuts and button chilly with chicken , so thought to give it a try... here is my version of Burnt Garlic Chilly Chicken...! 

INGREDIENTS: 

200 - 250 gms chicken boneless 
2-3  bhor red chilly ( Button chilly ) 
8-10 cloves of garlic finely chopped 
3-4 tbsp soya sauce 
3-4 finely chopped or slit each into 4 pieces
3-4 onion bulbs thickly chopped into cubes 
1 green capsicum chopped into cubes  
1/4 tsp pepper powder
1-2 green chilly sauce ( optional )
2-3 finely chopped spring onions green  
salt or ajinomoto 
1-2 tbsp peanuts
1 tsp sugar
1 cup chicken stock 
1/2 tbsp cornflour
Oil

INGREDIENTS FOR MARINATION : 

2 tbsp soya sauce 
salt to taste 
1/8 tsp pepper powder 

OTHER INGREDIENTS: 

oil for frying 
1 egg 
3  tbsp cornflour 
3 tbsp all purpose flour 

METHOD : 

1. Wash , clean and cut the chicken into long thin strips and marinate with ingredients under  "marination section " , keep aside for 1- 2 hours . 
2. Add egg, cornflour and all purpose flour to the marinated chicken , mix well .
3. Heat sufficient oil in kadhai, drop each marinated and evenly coated chicken pieces one by one and deep fry on medium heat till golden brown and crisp . ( Make sure you fry in batches)  Drain on an absorbent paper.
4. Heat oil in a pan, add bhor chillies , fry and remove from oil . 
5. Add peanuts , fry for a minute and remove from oil, keep aside .
6. In the same hot oil, add garlic and fry till it changes colour, now add green chillies, onion bulbs , saute for a minute.
7. Now add soya sauce, salt, pepper powder, green chilly sauce ( optional ) and sugar , bring to a boil.
8. Diluted 1/2 tbsp cornflour in one cup chicken stock , and add to the pan, fry for a minute or until the sauce starts to thicken, stir continuously , adjust seasonings and sauces if required .
9. Add  fried chicken pieces and chopped capsicum , and cook for a minute on medium heat.
10. Transfer in serving plate , sprinkle fried peanuts and spring onions green .
11. Serve hot.

NOTE : 

• Increase or decrease the no of chillies as per your preferences .
• Increase or decrease soya sauce as per your preferences .
•  For best results , heat 2 tbsp oil and add 1 tsp finely chopped garlic , fry until its brown in colour , add to the prepared chicken after transferring into serving plate , and then sprinkle fried peanuts and spring onions. 
• You can add green chilly sauce too ,but here I did not add to my Burnt Garlic Chilly Chicken.
• MSN salt is optional , if you want you can add, but its better to avoid it.
• You can add whole red chillies instead of bhor chillies ( button chillies) .
• If you do not have chicken stock , add plain water to cornflour and mix well.

PREPARATION TIME : 35 - 40 MINUTES 

SERVES : 2- 3 PERSONS.