I could write a whole monologue about my love for this Dragon Chicken Recipe but all I’ll say…is…Dragon chicken is my all time faaaaaaavorite Indo-Chinese cuisine and lets just leave at that. Also, I would marry it if I could (True story) So Indo-Chinese cuisines are basically just Chinese food, spiked with a little bit of Indian spices to make it more appealing to the average brown man. Apparently it was developed by a Chinese Community living in Kolkata for over a Century….(click here to read more) Dragon Chicken is one kick-ass chicken dish, that you will fall in love with the moment you try it. It is a classic fried chicken-in-sauce kinda recipe, similar to the Asian Spicy Meatballs I did the other day. Although it does have chili oil in it, its surprisingly medium on the heat scale and has a more sweet after-taste. It’s usually eaten with rice or pasta. However, this talented chicken works just as well for starters if you keep the sauce on the drier side. This recipe makes use of the chili oil, the recipe to which I posted earlier (spoiler: it takes only 10 mins to make) I’ve made this recipe probably over 50 times by now, and I can easily say it has now become my go-to recipe whenever I make Asian food. If you aren’t sold by now to try this….well…:P you are one tough cookie. If you are going to try it…lemme give you a little step by step action. STEP BY STEP PLAY DRAGON CHICKEN RECIPE
STEP 1 – PREPARE CHICKEN PIECES
First course of action is to cut the chicken in cubes and marinate it in eggs, corn flour, flour and seasonings. I personally prefer keeping the chicken overnight for the marination…but I don’t always have time for that. So I just marinate it, stick it in the fridge for half an hour, meanwhile I prepare the other things and take it out and fry it. Frying the chicken will probably take a little longer than regular frying because the color takes a little while to develop with this kind of a coating. So just fry them at high and keep an eye on that color. Fun fact: My friend is a health nut and bakes these chicken cubes instead of frying. Turns up just fine as well. Once you are done frying, you are gonna set the chicken aside and get started with part 2.
STEP 2 – GRILL BELL PEPPERS
In a wok or pan, add 1 tbsp of chili oil (I’ve linked the recipe for chili oil out right here, it takes hardly 10 minutes and is super easy to make I promise) and saute red bell peppers. Add those peppers to your chicken pile. Again….this can be done way in advance. (Of course you can use any bell pepper that you have at hand, but red works visually very well with this dish)
STEP 3 – PREPARE SAUCE
Saute chopped garlic in chili oil until they turn golden brown. After that, add 1 cup water and let that garlic water simmer. Just dump allllllll the sauce ingredients in. (starting with chili powder) and let it cook for a bit. That’s pretty much it!
STEP 4 – ASSEMBLY
All you gotta do now, is add the chicken back to the sauce. Let it cook for a little bit to warm up the chicken.This is the time where you decide what consistency of the sauce you want to keep. Let it cook a bit more if you want it to be dry. Dish out the chicken, sprinkle a little sesame seeds and green onions, dig right in.
RECIPE SUBSTITUTES, FIXES AND REMIXES
QUICK AND EASY DRAGON CHICKEN RECIPE
I hope you guys have fun making and devouring this family favorite! Click here if you want other Main course options! and Here if you are looking for more starter options. And most importantly, if you guys have any confusions, questions, threats or kinds words…just leave a comment below and I will get back to you ASAP!
