Ingredients:

For Marination:

• Chicken – 8 to 10 pieces
• Salt to taste
• Red chilli powder – 1 tbsp (extra hot)
• Black Pepper powder – 1/2 tbsp
• Chicken Masala powder – 1 tbsp (I use Eastern)
• Chat masala powder – 1 tbsp (I use everest)
• Chilli lemon powder – 1 tbsp
• Garlic/ginger paste – 1 tbsp
• Ajinomoto – 1 tbsp
• Corn Flour – 1 tbsp
• Eggs – 1 (white only)
• Food colour
• Oil – for deep fry

For Cooking:

• Garlic pieces – 5 (chopped)
• Onion – 2 (cut into big pieces)
• Spring Onions – 3 (chopped)
• Bell peppers pieces – 2 (same size of onion pieces)
• Green chillies – 4 (chopped)
• Soy sauce – 1 tbsp
• Tomato Ketchup -1 tbsp
• Chilli sauce – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp

How to make chilli chicken:

1. Clean the chicken and air dry to remove the excess water.
2. In a mixing bowl add all the marination ingredients except chicken one by one given in the ingredients list order.
3. Then add chicken pieces to the bowl and keep the marinated chicken for 2 to 4 hours in a refrigerator.
4. After that period drop by one chicken piece in the hot boiling oil and fry them well on all sides.
   

   Fried Chicken

5. Transfer the fried chicken pieces on to the tissue paper to remove excess oil from them.
6. Heat 2 tbsp of oil and add chopped garlic, green chillies and sauté for 2 minutes.
   

   Sauté veggies

7. Add onions pieces, bell peppers and spring onions and sauté for 5 minutes.
8. Turn into high flame add the sauces, ketchup, salt (if needed) and stir fry them for 5 minutes.
   

   Stirr fry with sauces

9. Lastly add the fried chicken and mix well.
10. Switch of the flame and transfer them to the serving bowl or plate and garnish with some onion rings, bell peppers and spring onions.
    

    Chilli chicken

11. Tangy,spicy chilli chicken is ready to bite.
12. It is a starter recipe and also a good side dish for rice, biryani and naans.