Chicken Manchurian is a classic and lip-smacking Indo Chinese recipe which is very popular in the Indian sub-continent and loved by all. This recipe of chicken manchurian gravy is an easy version with not much effort to be done. It is a simple yet delectable recipe, which can be prepared in the restaurant style at the comfort of your home with easily available ingredients.
Chicken manchurian is loved by all age groups and it is absolutely a real hit in the restaurant’s chinese menu and street side fast food outlets.
Love chicken manchurian? Have no idea how to make this popular indo-Chinese recipe at home? Well, here in this post I am going to share the recipe of chicken manchurian with step by step pictures.
Chicken Manchurian recipe is a simple yet delectable recipe, which can be prepared in the restaurant style at the comfort of your home. To make this popular Indo Chinese recipe at home you just need a few ingredients in place and you are done!
The chicken cubes are first marinated in a marinade of soya sauce, egg, cornflour, ginger garlic paste and pepper. The marinated chicken cubes are deep fried in oil and then simmered in spicy, sweet and tangy sauce along with onion, red & green capsicum. Garnish it with spring onion and serve with rice, Egg Fried Rice or noodles.
This recipe of chicken manchurian gravy is an easy version with not much effort to be done like chopping, blending etc which we all like – Simple, easy and delicious. Also I have made it in the semi-gravy version, you can make it in the dry version by not adding much water. I do hope you try this super delicious and easy recipe.
This all time favourite Chicken Manchurian Gravy can be served with Egg Fried Rice, Pan Fried Noodles, Hakka Noodles, Vegetable Fried Rice etc.
Chicken is one of the most cooked items in my kitchen. Be it for mid-day snacks, lunch or dinner. Ours is a hard-core non-vegetarian family. Since my kiddo likes chicken more compared to other non-veg like mutton, fish, any seafood or non-veg, hence chicken is always there on the menu even if there are other non-veg dishes. Here I would highly recommend some of the Chicken Recipes from my blog. Please do have a look. I hope you like it and if at all you try any of the recipes please do share your feedback in my social media handle mentioned below. I would love to see your creation. Now let’s jump to the recipe.
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN MANCHURIAN
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Serves : 3-4
Ingredients to make chicken manchurian:
For Marination:
300 gms Chicken boneless cubed
1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
1 tsp Peppercorns cracked
1 tsp Kashmiri chilly powder
1 tbsp Soya sauce
2 tbsp Cornflour
1 Egg
salt to taste
Oil for frying the chicken.
For Sauce:
1 tbsp Soya sauce
1 tsp Vinegar
2 tbsp Red Chilly sauce
½ tsp Sugar (optional)
2 tbsp Tomato ketchup
2 tbsp Corn flour
Other Ingredients:
2 dry red chilly
2 green chilly chopped
1 tsp Garlic chopped finely
1 tsp Ginger chopped finely
1 large Onion cubed
½ tsp Kashmiri chilly powder
Water as required
½ Cup Red & Green Capsicum cubed
Spring onion greens chopped for garnishing (I used chopped coriander as I ran out of stock of spring onion)
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE EASY CHICKEN MANCHURIAN:
Take all the ingredients mentioned in the marination list, mix well and marinate for 30 mins at least. If you are in a hurry skip the marination.
In a pan heat oil. Add the chicken in batches and fry in medium heat until golden brown. Do not fry the chicken for long as it will make them hard. Transfer to an absorbent paper to drain excess oil. Set aside.
In a small bowl mix 2 tsp cornflour in little water and keep aside.
Again in a small bowl add the Soya sauce, vinegar, red chilly sauce, sugar, tomato ketchup, mix well and keep aside.
In a pan heat around 2 tbsp oil use the same oil used for frying the chicken.
Add the dry chilly, ginger, garlic and fry for a min.
Add the onion, green chilly, capsicum and saute for a min.
Add the sauce mixture, chilly powder and allow to bubble then add the cornflour mixture.
Mix well and immediately add 1 cup of water and let it bubble up.
Now add the fried chicken, mix well coating the chicken nicely in the sauce. Add a little more water if required and simmer for around 5 mins.
Garnish with chopped spring onion greens and serve.
I served it with egg fried rice. I have linked the recipe for easy egg fried rice above. Do have a look.
RECIPE CARD
Chicken Manchurian
Equipment
- Frying pan
Ingredients
For Marination:
- 300 Grams Chicken boneless Cut into cubes
- 1 Teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
- 1 Teaspoon Pepper crushed or powder
- 1 Teaspoon Kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1 Tablespoon Soya sauce
- 2 Tablespoon Cornflour / cornstarch
- 1 Egg
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- ¼-½ Cup Oil For frying the chicken
For Sauce:
- 1 Tablespoon Soya sauce
- 1 Teaspoon Vinegar
- 2 Tablespoon Red chilli sauce
- ½ Teaspoon Sugar Optional
- 2 Tablespoon Tomato sauce (Ketchup)
- 2 Tablespoon Cornflour/cornstarch
Other Ingredients:
- 2 Medium Dry red chilli Roughly broken to 2-3 pieces
- 2 Medium Green chilli Sliced
- 1 Teaspoon Chopped Garlic
- 1 Teaspoon Chopped ginger
- 1 Large Onion cubed Seperate the layers
- ½ Teaspoon Kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1 Cup Water Or as required
- ½ Cup Red & green capsicum Cubed
- 2-3 Green Spring onion chopped (I used coriander leaves)
Instructions
- Take all the ingredients mentioned in the marination list, mix well and marinate for 30 mins at least. If you are in a hurry skip the marination.
- In a pan heat oil. Add the chicken in batches and fry in medium heat until golden brown. Do not fry the chicken for long as it will make them hard. Transfer to an absorbent paper to drain excess oil. Set aside.
- In a small bowl mix 2 tsp cornflour in little water and keep aside.
- Again in a small bowl add the Soya sauce, vinegar, red chilly sauce, sugar, tomato ketchup, mix well and keep aside.
- In a pan heat around 2 tbsp oil use the same oil used for frying the chicken.
- Add the dry chilly, ginger, garlic and fry for a minute.
- Add the onion, green chilly, capsicum and saute for a minute.
- Add the sauce mixture, chilly powder and allow to bubble then add the cornflour mixture.
- Mix well and immediately add 1 cup of water and let it bubble up.
- Now add the fried chicken, mix well coating the chicken nicely in the sauce. Add a little more water if required and simmer for around 5 minutes.
- Garnish with chopped spring onion greens and serve.
- I served it with egg fried rice. I have linked the recipe for easy egg fried rice above. Do have a look.
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