My son loves spicy food and this spicy chicken recipe is one of his favourites. If permitted, he can eat any amount of it! The best part about this preparation is that is very quick and easy to prepare. In addition, it uses few ingredients that are always easily available in most Indian households.
If you love spicy food you must try out this spicy chicken recipe. I’m sure you will love it!
This recipe was updated on 20 September 2018
Spicy Chicken Recipe (Chilli-garlic-pepper chicken)
INGREDIENTS
Oil for frying
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METHOD
- Place the chicken in a bowl and add to it the ginger-garlic paste, the sauces, pepper powder and some salt and allow it to marinate for at least 30 minutes. (Note: The longer it marinates, the better)
- Heat oil in a pan and fry the chicken pieces on a high flame, until they turn golden-brown. keep aside for later.
- Heat oil in a wok/kadhai and saute the garlic till it starts to brown. Then add the green chillies and fry for a couple of minutes. Lastly, add the onions and fry till they turn transparent.
- Add to this the fried chicken pieces, along with the juices in the pan. Add the cornflour mixture, water and salt. Cover and cook until the chicken is done.
- Adjust the seasoning and the spice level, add the corrainder leaves and allow to simmer for a few seconds.
- Serve hot garnished with corriander leaves and green chilli slivers (OPTIONAL!)
NOTES: This is quite a spicy chicken preparation. In addition to being mouth-watering, it is guaranteed to be eye and nose-watering as well!! So, be sure to adjust the levels of pepper and green chillies according to your preference and spiciness of the chillies!
*THE SECRET TIP: Here is a neat method on how to peel an entire head of garlic in 10 seconds. Never knew this one! Did you?
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Kimberly.
Note: This post was originally published in December 2015, but has been completely revamped and republished.
Spicy Chicken Recipe (Chilli-garlic-pepper chicken)
Ingredients
- 250 grams chicken
- 1 tbsp garlic-ginger paste
- 2 tbsp green chilli sauce
- 1 tbsp tomato sauce
- ¼ tsp pepper powder
- 1 tbsp cornflour (dissolved in 2 tbsp cold water)
- 2 small onions (chopped into cubes)
- 3-4 spicy green chillies (cut into slivers)
- half a head of garlic (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp corriander (finely chopped)
- Salt to taste
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Place the chicken in a bowl and add to it the ginger-garlic paste, the sauces, pepper powder and some salt and allow it to marinate for at least 30 minutes. (Note: The longer it marinates, the better)
- Heat oil in pan and fry the chicken pieces on a high flame, until they turn golden-brown. keep aside for later.
- Heat oil in a kadhai and saute the garlic till it starts to brown. Then add the green chillies and fry for a couple of minutes. Lastly, add the onions and fry till they turn transparent.
- Add to this the fried chicken pieces, along with the juices in the pan. Add the cornflour mixture, water and salt. Cover and cook until the chicken is done.
- Adjust the seasoning and the spice level, add the corrainder leaves and allow to simmer for a few seconds.
- Serve hot garnished with corriander leaves and green chilli slivers *(OPTIONAL!)*
This looks really tasty. Although I will be adding less spice as I don’t like really spicy meals. Easy too.
Wow!
Seem easy to make. Hope to try it.😃
Thanks for sharing.
Do give it a shot Kechi. It’s really very easy. I hope you will like it.
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Wow wow..scrumptious chili garlic pepper chicken is super tempting. Neat presentation and beautiful clicks!
Thank you so much Ritu. That means a lot 🙂
Lovely dish. Chilli garlic pepper chicken looks super delicious. Awesome presentation too. 🙂
Thanks Piyali! You are always so encouraging even though what I do is nowhere close in comparison to the gorgeous dishes you put up! Thanks for always being so generous with you comments. 🙂
The chilli garlic pepper chicken sounds and looks really yum. I love your made in jiffy dishes. Your skill at throwing in a handful of ingredients and then dishing out the most mouthwatering platter is indeed commendable.