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Dry Red Chilli Chicken
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Dried Red Chilli Chicken

This Asian style dried red chilli chicken is cooked with two main ingredients - soy sauce and dry red chillies which are very low in spicy heat!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Main Dish, Side Dish
Cuisine: Asian
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

  • 1/2 kg chicken small pieces
  • 2 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 3 medium onions thinly sliced
  • 1 inch ginger finely chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 6 dry kashmiri red chillies or any other low heat dry chilli
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar
  • salt
  • oil

Instructions

  • Clean and cut the chicken into small pieces.
  • Add a tablespoon soy sauce and mix well to coat the chicken pieces in the sauce.
  • Heat some oil in a pan/wok.
  • Add the marinated chicken pieces and fry for 2-3 minutes.
    Fry marinated chicken pieces for 2-3 minutes
  • Stir frequently to get all the pieces to sear uniformly.
  • Lower the flame, remove the fried chicken and keep it aside.
  • Add 1 1/2 tablespoon oil to the pan, and once the oil is hot, add the sliced onions, ginger and garlic.
    Into the same pan, add oil, and fry onions, ginger, and garlic
  • Cook on a medium flame while stirring frequently.
  • When they start turning brown, add the dry red chillies* and mix well.
    Add dry red chillies to the mix
  • Cook for 2 minutes. Let the chillies also get fried.
  • Now add the chicken pieces back to the pan/wok. Add 1 tablespoon soy sauce, mix well, and cook with the lid closed on a medium flame.
    Add chicken pieces back
  • Open the lid after 10 minutes. The chicken must be cooked by now in its juices and the steam.
  • Check for salt, add as required, and let it simmer without a lid. Add 1 teaspoon brown sugar.
    Simmer to reduce. Add some brown sugar.
  • Cook till all the water evaporates, and the chicken is just moist enough.
  • Switch off and serve hot.

Notes

* I removed most of the seeds from the chillies. You could keep them depending on how hot you want your chicken to be.