Schezwan Crispy Chicken Strips

Ingredients for Schezwan Crispy Chicken Strips:

1. Chicken breast – 2
2. Salt – For taste
   Pepper powder – 1 small spoon
   Soya sauce – 1 small spoon
   Ginger-garlic chopped fine – 2 big spoons
   Chilli powder – ½ small spoon
   Corn flour – 2 small spoons
   Water – As required
3. Oil – As needed
4. Ginger-garlic chopped fine – 1 small spoon
5. Onion – 2, chopped
   Capsicum – 1, chopped
   Green chillies chopped fine – 2 small spoons
   Red chillies – 3
   Salt and pepper powder – As per taste
6. Soya sauce – 1 big spoon
   Chilli sauce – 2 big spoons
   Schezwan paste – 3 big spoons
   Vinegar – 1 big spoon
7. Water – As required
8. Spring onion – A handful, chopped fine
9. Sesame seeds – To decorate

How to prepare Schezwan Crispy Chicken Strips?

1. Slice the chicken breast into thin pieces.
2. Marinate chicken pieces with ingredients no: 2 and allow them to rest for 15 minutes.
3. Deep-fry them in hot oil till they turn crispy and strain excess oil.
4. Heat oil in another pan and sauté ginger and garlic.
5. Add ingredients no: 5 to it, and sauté well.
6. Add ingredients no: 6 and mix well.
7.  Add a little water and boil the contents.
8. When the sauce thickens, add the fried chicken and spring onion.
9. Place the flame on high for a few minutes and toss the contents.
10. Sprinkle sesame seeds and serve hot.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine April 16-29, 2022

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