Sweet and Sour Chicken

For chicken:
1 lb boneless white chicken cut into bite size pieces
2 tsp ginger, garlic and chilli paste
2 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp corn flour
1 egg
Salt and pepper
Oil for deep frying

For the sauce:
2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
2 spring onion chopped just the green parts
2 tbsp tomato sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp white vinegar
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp chilli sauce
2 tsp corn flour
1 tsp oil
Salt and pepper

Marinate chicken with all the ingredients under chicken except corn flour and egg for 2 -3 hours in refrigerator.

Add corn flour and egg to the marinated chicken and mix well. Chicken should be well coated with the batter, add a little water if necessary.

Deep fry chicken, do not over cook. I recommend double frying.

For the Sauce add oil to the sauce pan fry garlic just a little, add all the ingredients except spring onions and corn flour. Add a cup of water and bring it to a boil.

Add corn flour dissolved in water. This makes the sauce thick. Adjust the sauces to taste.

Add the fried chicken pieces and chopped spring onions.

Serve it piping hot with fried rice. :)

Chicken Fried Rice

2 Cups Basmati Rice
3 Eggs
¼ lb Boneless Chiken
½ Cup finely chopped Carrot
½ Cup finely chopped Green Beans
½ Cup finely chopped Spring Onions
3 tsp Ginger, Garlic and Green Chilli Paste
½ tsp Pepper
2 Tbsp Oil
2 Tbsp Butter
Salt to taste
Soy Sauce to Taste

Cook Rice and spread it on a plate to cool so that the grains are separate.

Marinate chicken with a little of ginger, garlic, chilli paste, salt, pepper and soy sauce.

In a kadai add a tsp of oil and on medium flame fry the marinated chicken, stirring continuously for about 5 minutes, remove and set aside.

Add couple tsp of oil and ginger, garlic, chilli paste, salt, pepper and mix them together, to that add eggs and stir continuously until they are set, do not let them over cook, remove and set aside.

Now add the rest of the oil and the rest of ginger, garlic, chilli paste, salt, pepper and all the veggies and stir on high flame, they should be just cooked but still be crisp, now add the chicken and egg and stir for couple more minutes.

To this add rice and butter and stir till the rice is heated through, add salt and soy sauce to taste.

Yummy Chicken Fried Rice is ready!

It goes well with Sweet and Sour chicken which is going to be my next post.