Chicken manchurian is a delicious chicken delicacy that is a popular Indo Chinese cuisine shared with a step by step video procedure below. Indo Chinese is one of my favourite cuisines which I usually make at home as snacks or starter recipes. Chicken Manchurian can always be made as an evening snack which will be loved by most of the kids.
Ways to make chicken manchurian
- One way is boneless chicken pieces can be used to fry the chicken pieces after marinating the chicken with spices.
- Second is chicken can be minced in a blender, add the spices to it mix everything and then make small round balls and then fry them.
- These two methods are basically used to make chicken manchurian on the road side of Indian streets or in Indian restaurants.
Check out more indian chicken recipes on the blog such as chicken keema, chicken leg fry, chicken do pyaza , chicken gravy etc...
Chicken recipes in indo chinese form have amazing taste. They just use few ingredients like some sauces and the taste turns out amazing.
Indian version is made by adding some dry spices and to make it a chinese version sauces need to be added to make it as indo chinese recipe.
I would like to share many more chicken delicacies which are suitable as snacks and starters and also they can be made during the month of Ramadan for iftar snacks.
About manchurian
This serves best as a Ramadan iftar snack and it can be made quickly during evenings which does not require many ingredients and can be made with the available sauces.
To make Manchurian using chicken, I have used boneless chicken, deep-fried them in oil and then the fried chicken is sauteed in some sauces like tomato ketchup and green chilli sauce.
The taste of the chicken Manchurian is so yummy and finger-licking which can be eaten regularly without visiting any restaurant or any fast food centre to have them.
This recipe is available in most of the streets all across India but this recipe tastes as good as the one's available in nearby fast food centres.
I tried this recipe, tested it and finally posting for my blog readers to try and give us feedback.
The chicken gravy formed can be obtained by adding more quantity of corn starch, soya sauce, water which gives us a gravy version.
Below are the recipe details along with a video procedure on how to make a chicken manchurian dry version.
Step by step procedure
- In a bowl, add boneless chicken pieces.
- add salt, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, white pepper powder, corn starch, beaten egg, vinegar, soya sauce, mix all the ingredients well.
- Marinate the chicken for 30 minutes.
Deep frying chicken
- In a wok, add oil for deep frying, add the marinated chicken pieces.
- deep fry the chicken until they turn golden color for about 8-10 minutes on medium flame.
- Take the deep-fried chicken pieces out on absorbent paper and rest aside for later use.
For making chicken manchurian
- In a wok, add oil and heat it.
- Add very finely chopped garlic and ginger, saute to get rid of the raw smell.
- Add slit green chillies, saute for few seconds.
- Add finely chopped onion, cook the onions until they turn soft.
- Add cubes of onion and green capsicum, cook them until they turn soft.
- Add water, salt as per taste, add red chilli powder, white pepper powder and mix well.
- Add tomato ketchup, green chilli sauce, soya sauce, vinegar, mix well and cook for few seconds.
- Add corn starch mixed with some water, mix all the sauces well. I have made a slurry paste of corn flour with little water to give a thick gravy.
- saute and cook for few minutes.
- add the fried chicken pieces.
- Mix well and saute few minutes. Lastly, garnish with spring onions and serve hot.
- Chicken Manchurian is ready to be served.
Video
Recipe
chicken manchurian recipe (dry and gravy)
Ingredients
For marinating chicken:
- 200 gms boneless chicken pieces cut into small pieces
- salt - to taste
- ½ teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
- ¼ teaspoon white pepper powder
- 5 teaspoon corn starch
- 1 egg beaten well
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon soya sauce
Other ingredients:
- oil for deep frying
For making chicken manchurian:
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 tablespoon very finely chopped garlic
- 1 tablespoon very finely chopped ginger
- 4-5 vertically slit green chillies
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 onion cut into cubes
- 1 green capsicum cut into cubes
- ½ cup water
- salt - to taste
- ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon white pepper powder
- 2 teaspoon tomato ketchup
- 2 teaspoon green chilli sauce
- ½ teaspoon soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon corn starch mixed with 2 teaspoon water without any lumps
- 2 tablespoon spring onion green
Instructions
Marinating chicken:
- In a bowl, add boneless chicken pieces, add salt, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, white pepper powder, corn starch, beaten egg, vinegar, soya sauce, mix all the ingredients well.
- Marinate the chicken for 30 minutes.
Deep frying chicken:
- In a wok, add oil for deep frying, add the marinated chicken pieces, deep fry the chicken until they turn golden color for about 8-10 minutes on medium flame.
- Take the deep fried chicken pieces out on an absorbent paper and rest aside for later use.
For making chicken manchurian:
- In a wok, add oil and heat it.
- Add very finely chopped garlic and ginger, saute to get rid of raw smell.
- Add slit green chillies, saute for few seconds.
- Add finely chopped onion, cook the onions until they turn soft.
- Add cubes of onion and green capsicum, cook them until they turn soft.
- Add water, salt as per taste, add red chilli powder, white pepper powder and mix well.
- Add tomato ketchup, green chilli sauce, soya sauce, vinegar, mix well and cook for few seconds.
- Add corn starch mixed with some water, mix all the sauces well and cook for few minutes.
- add the fried chicken pieces.
- Mix well and saute few minutes.
- Lastyly, garnish with spring onions and serve hot.
- Chicken manchurian is ready to be served.
- Watch the video procedure above.
Notes
- Chicken manchurian gravy can be obtained by adding more water in sauces, add some more soya sauce, increase the quantity of corn starch and this procedure gives a yummy gravy form of chicken Manchurian.
- Instead of using tomato ketchup, tomato sauce too can be added and make the recipe.
Annie says
what is green chillie sauce
Asiya says
It is an indo chinese sauce made with chilies readily available in Indian stores.