Calcutta Kolkata style Chilli Chicken — Bong Eats recipe

Ingredients

• 500 gms (1 lb) Chicken cut in cubes
• Marinade
• 2 tbsps each Ginger & Garlic + pinch salt crushed
• Egg white of one egg
• 1/3 cup dark Soya
• 1/3 cup Chinese Cooking wine
• 1 tsp crushed Peppercorns
• 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 tsp of Corn starch
• Breading
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup Corn starch
• 1/2 tsp Baking powder
• Pinch of Salt
• Sauce
• 2 tbsps dark Soya sauce
• 2 tbsps light Soya sauce
• 2 tbsps Chinese cooking wine
• I need to add 2 tbsps vinegar and I prefer to use the homemade vinegar I always have in my fridge - this is just green chillies soaked in vinegar
• Add 3 tbsps Ketchup
• Add 2 tbsps chilli sauce
• 1/2 cup Chicken stock
• 1 tsp fresh pepper
• And a pinch of Aji na Moto or MSG
• Cornstarch slurry - 1 tsp Cornstarch and water
• Other
• 2 green chillies ( 2 tbsps)
• 2 cups red Onion quartered and seperated
• 1 cup green Pepper cut in squares
• 2 tbps each minced Ginger & Garlic
• 2 Spring Onions sliced diagonally for garnish

Instructions

1. Prepare the marinade and marinate the Chicken in half
2. Mix the flours, baking powder and salt together and add the other half of the marinade to make a damp and crumbly breading
3. Prepare the sauce and the other ingredients
4. Heat oil in a wok and add the onions and peppers
5. Add the sugar to help caramelize the onion
6. Add the green chilies and minces ginger and garlic
7. Add the sauce, bring to the boil and add the slurry
8. Dip each piece of chicken in the flour mixture and deep fry
9. Once done toss the cooked chicken in the gravy
10. Garnish with Spring Onions