Chinese Chilli Chicken with Noodles

Ninhao!! Now who doesn't love Chinese cuisine! Its the all time favourite and the most popular oriental cuisine in the world. And its so easy to cook too. A few sauces handy and there you go! Relatives / friends popping up at your place all of a sudden???.....Just cook them some chinese....They will just admire your cooking all the way! Try on the this chilli chicken recipe, which I got from a dear friend of mine, Amritha Roy! Thank you Amritha! :)

Chilli Chicken

For Marinade

• 1/2 Kilo Boneless Chicken
• 1 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
• 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
• 1 tbsp Chilli Sauce
• 1 tbsp Ginger-Garlic paste
• 1 tsp Black pepper
• 1/2 cup Cornflour (For coating) & 1 tsp for gravy thickening
• 1 Egg
• Oil for shallow fry
• Salt to taste

1) Marinade the chicken with the above ingredients except for cornflour,egg and the oil. Marinade it for at least an hour. Heat a shallow non stick fry pan and pour little oil.

2) While the oil is getting hot, beat the egg with 1 tsp of water in a bowl. Put the cornflour in another bowl. Dip each of the marinaded chicken pieces into the egg first and then the cornflour and then shallow fry it in the oil. 4 min each side. Keep aside the fried chicken while you make the gravy.

For the Gravy:

Ingredients:

• 1 Big Onion (slice lengthwise)
• 1 Capsicum (slice lengthwise)
• 3 Spring onions (chopped with the leaves. optional)
• 4 Green chillies (slice lengthwise)
• 1 tbsp Tomato ketchup
• 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
• 1 tbsp Chilli Sauce
• 2 cloves of Garlic (finely chopped)
• 1 tbsp Sesame Oil (can use any other oil but if you are cooking chinese..nothing like Sesame oil)
• 1 tbsp Cornflour
• a pinch of ajinomoto (MSG) optional

1) Heat a wok, add sesame oil. Then put the onion, capsicum, spring onions, green chillies and garlic. Stir well for 5 min.

2) Now add the tomato ketchup, chilli sauce and soy sauce. Stir well for 2 min.

3) In a small bowl, mix the cornflour with 1 tbsp of warm water. Pour the cornflour into the wok and stir for another 2-3 min. Now keep aside few pieces of chicken for the noodles and put the rest to the gravy. Mix well and add a pinch of ajinomoto if you have at home. Let the chicken simmer away for 5 more minutes. Switch it off.

Noodles

Ingredients:

• 2 blocks of Fine Egg Noodles (cooked as per instructions in the packet)
• 3 Spring onions (finely chopped)
• fried chicken pieces from the above chilli chicken (shredded by hand)
• 1 tbsp Sesame Oil (you can use olive oil or any other oil if you like)

1. In a wok, pour the sesame oil and put the spring onions and the shredded chicken and toss for 2 min.
2. Now put the cooked noodles into the wok and toss nicely. If you want can drizzle generously some Extra Virgin Olive oil.

And your Noodles and Chilli Chicken Chinese Ishtyle is ready!