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Mango Chicken

Apr-26-2018
Femina Shiraz
15 minutes
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
3 People
Serves
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ABOUT Mango Chicken RECIPE

Mango Chicken or Mango Dragon Chicken is a lip smacking appetizer. This dish has a spectrum of colors, flavors and textures within it. The flavors from the spices and the sauces are well balanced by the subtle sweetness of the mangoes. The toasted sesame seeds and the fried cashew nuts give this mango chicken a bite.

Recipe Tags

  • Non-veg
  • Easy
  • Festive
  • Chinese
  • Frying
  • Sauteeing
  • Appetizers

Ingredients Serving: 3

  1. Chicken breast 250 g (cut into long strips of almost equal lengths)
  2. Oil for Deep frying
  3. For Marinating the chicken:
  4. Egg white 1
  5. Corn flour 2 tbsp
  6. All purpose flour 2 tbsp
  7. Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp
  8. Red chili powder 1 and 1/2 tsp
  9. Black pepper powder 1/2 tsp
  10. Salt as required
  11. Soya sauce 1 tsp
  12. For the Mango Chicken Sauce:
  13. Ripe mangoes 1 (cut into long slices)
  14. Cashew nuts 12 (split)
  15. Onion 1 (Julienne cut)
  16. Green capsicum 1/2 (Julienne cut)
  17. Crushed ginger garlic 1 tsp
  18. Red chili whole 3 (cut into halves)
  19. Spring onions 3-4 (finely chopped)
  20. Sugar 1 tbsp
  21. Soya Sauce 1 Tbsp
  22. Red chili sauce 1 tbsp
  23. Tomato sauce 1/4 cup
  24. Toasted white sesame seeds 1/2 tsp
  25. Salt as required

Instructions

  1. First take the egg white, soya sauce, ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, black pepper powder, salt, all purpose flour, and corn flour in a bowl, and mix everything well
  2. Then add the chicken strips and coat them well.
  3. Refrigerate for at least one hour.
  4. After one hour, heat oil in a pan.
  5. Add the marinated chicken pieces, in small batches, to the hot oil and fry.
  6. Turn sides and fry until they turn golden brown in color.
  7. Then place on a paper towel to drain excess oil if any.
  8. Similarly fry all the chicken strips.
  9. Once done, add 2 tbsp of this oil in to another pan.
  10. Add the cashew nuts and fry until they turn golden brown in color.
  11. Once done, remove from pan and keep it aside.
  12. Next, to the same oil, add the crushed ginger garlic and red chili whole and saute for a minute in low flame.
  13. Then add the sliced onions and saute for a minute. Increase the flame to medium high.
  14. Next add the sliced capsicum and saute for a minute.
  15. Then add the red chili sauce, tomato sauce and soya sauce and mix well.
  16. Add sugar and salt as required.
  17. Once the sauce mix boils, add the fried chicken and mix gently.
  18. Next add the fried cashew nuts and chopped spring onions, and mix.
  19. Finally add the toasted white sesame seeds and mix everything well.
  20. Finally add the mango slices and cook for a minute.
  21. Serve hot with fried rice or noodles.

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Maithili Iyer
May-03-2018
Maithili Iyer   May-03-2018

Deliciously amazing!

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