| Chicken Manchurian is very famous dish from Chinese | | | | 1/4 cup oil |
| cuisine, it is prepared in variety of ways with | | | | Cornstarch as required |
| different meats either chicken, prawns or beef. I | | | | Cooking Instructions: |
| usually make chicken Manchurian with pineapple | | | | 1. Marinate chicken in flour, corn flour, salt and egg. If |
| because it enhances its taste many times and gives | | | | you feel that the batter is thick, then add cold water |
| extra sweet flavor to the sauce. Vinegar is not used | | | | accordingly make sure that the batter would be of |
| in this recipe since I used chili garlic sauce which has | | | | normal consistency and just enough to coat the |
| sweet and sour taste but you may add vinegar if | | | | whole chicken pieces. |
| you want more strong sour taste. This chicken | | | | 2. Heat oil in a a deep sauce pan and put the |
| Manchurian recipe is prepared in just under 30 | | | | marinated chicken pieces one by one in the oil for |
| minutes and best for 4 people serving. | | | | deep frying on medium flame. Take out the fried |
| Ingredients: | | | | chicken pieces when they turn into light golden in |
| For Fried Chicken: | | | | color. |
| 500 gm boneless chicken (cut in small cubes) | | | | 3. To make sauce for Manchurian, heat oil in a sauce |
| 1/2 cup all purpose flour | | | | pan and fry garlic for just a minute. |
| 2 tbspn corn flour | | | | 4. After that add pineapple, tomato paste, tomato |
| Pinch of salt | | | | ketchup and chili garlic sauce. Mix all of them together |
| 1 egg | | | | and cook on medium heat for 2-3 minutes. |
| Oil for deep frying | | | | 5. Now add fried chicken pieces, red chili powder, |
| For Manchurian Sauce: | | | | crushed red chili, salt and water. Stir the sauce and |
| 1/2 cup chopped pineapple | | | | chicken and let it cook for few minutes by covering |
| 2-3 garlic cloves (finely chopped) | | | | the pan until the sauce starts to boil. |
| 1/2 cup tomato paste | | | | 6. In the end, add cornstarch according to your need |
| 1/4 cup ketchup | | | | that how much thick sauce you want. Cook the |
| 1/4 cup chili garlic sauce | | | | Manchurian for 2-3 minutes more and then switch off |
| 1 tspn crushed red pepper | | | | the flame. |
| 1 tspn red pepper powder | | | | 7. Take out the delicious chicken Manchurian in a |
| Salt to taste | | | | sizzling dish and serve it with vegetable fried rice. |
| 1/2 cup water | | | | |