Chicken Manchurian Recipe: Easy Restaurant-Style Method at Home

By Hotel Prince, ShahadaUpdated 4 November 20262 min read

Chicken Manchurian is a favourite Indo-Chinese dish: crisp fried chicken tossed in a glossy garlic, soy and chilli sauce.

• Prep20 min
• Cook20 min
• Serves3
• TypeNon-veg

Ingredients

• 400 g boneless chicken
• 2 tbsp corn flour, 1 tbsp maida, 1 egg
• 1 tsp pepper, salt
• Oil for frying
• For the sauce: 1 tbsp chopped garlic, 1 tbsp ginger, 2 green chillies
• 1 onion and 1 capsicum, cubed
• 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp chilli sauce, 1 tbsp tomato ketchup, 1 tsp vinegar
• 1 tsp corn flour in 1/2 cup water
• Spring onion greens

Method

1. Coat the chicken with egg, corn flour, maida, pepper and salt. Deep fry until golden and crisp.
2. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a wok. Fry garlic, ginger and green chillies on high heat.
3. Add the onion and capsicum and toss for a minute.
4. Add soy sauce, chilli sauce, ketchup and vinegar.
5. Pour in the corn flour slurry and stir until the sauce thickens.
6. Add the fried chicken, toss quickly and garnish with spring onion.

Tips for the best result

• Cook on a high flame for the wok flavour.
• Add the chicken at the end so it stays crisp.
• Go easy on the salt, soy is already salty.

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