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Dragon chicken Recipe

Dragon Chicken is a spicy Indo Chinese recipe with a fiery, Asian marinade and shallow-fried crispy chicken. Its an easy, spicy chicken recipe, which is perfect for a fake-away night in.
Course Appetizer, fake away, Main Course, supper
Cuisine Chinese
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 2 people
Calories 287kcal
Author By: Debbie Jones

Equipment

  • Wok or large pan
  • Medium mixing bowl to marinate the chicken

Ingredients

For marinating the chicken:

  • 2 Chicken breasts sliced into bite sized cubes
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 tablespoon Garlic ginger paste*
  • 2 tablespoon Soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Chilli powder
  • 2 tablespoon Cornflour

For cooking the chicken:

  • Walnut oil for shallow frying a cm depth in a standard wok

For the Dragon sauce:

  • ½ tablespoon Walnut oil
  • 1 small red onion
  • 2 teaspoon Garlic ginger paste*
  • 1 Red chilli pepper
  • 1 Green chilli pepper
  • 3 tablespoon Tomato ketchup
  • 1 teaspoon Honey
  • 1 tablespoon Sweet chilli sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Soy sauce
  • Handful of Cashew nuts
  • 3 Spring onions

Instructions

To marinate the chicken:

  • In a medium bowl mix together the egg, garlic ginger paste, chilli powder, cornflour, and soy sauce to form the chicken marinade
    mixing together marinade for dragon chicken
  • Add the raw sliced chicken to the marinade. Stir well so that the marinade fully coats the chicken. Place the marinated chicken in the fridge and chill for at least half an hour to allow the flavours to infuse.
    mixing raw chicken into marinade

To cook the chicken:

  • Add a cm depth of walnut oil to a hot wok on low heat. Allow the oil to heat up and then carefully add the marinated chicken to the oil, which will begin to sizzle and cook immediately. TIP: add the chicken bit by bit to avoid violently spitting oil.
    shallow fry marinated chicken
  • Cook the chicken until golden brown and crispy then remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.
    Remove and drain chicken

To make the Dragon Sauce:

  • Whilst the chicken is draining remove any left over oil from the pan and place back on the heat ready to make the dragon sauce. Begin the sauce by stir frying the red onion, garlic ginger paste and red and green chilli.
  • When the onions become soft add the Tomato Ketchup, honey, sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce, then stir together well.
    add ketchup, honey, sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce
  • Allow the dragon sauce to come to a simmer before stirring in the crispy chicken.
    return crispy chicken to pan and mix in
  • Cook for a further minute until thick and sticky, then top with cashew nuts and sliced springs onions.
    scatter over cashew nuts and spring onions then serve

Video

Notes

What is Dragon Chicken?

Dragon Chicken is an Indo Chinese recipe, where the chicken is marinated in a sweet and sticky sauce before being shallow fried until crisp and then combined with a red and fiery dragon sauce.
*Garlic ginger paste is a delicious ingredient in many dishes, especially Indo-Chinese recipes like this dragon chicken recipe! It is typically sold in a jar and can be found at most grocery stores. Or, if you are not able to find it, try using equal parts garlic paste and ginger paste sold separately.
How to Make Garlic Ginger Paste: You can also make your own garlic ginger paste by mixing equal parts chopped garlic and chopped ginger with a little bit of oil in a food processor until it reaches a paste-like consistency.

Nutrition

Serving: 200g | Calories: 287kcal | Carbohydrates: 15.4g | Protein: 28.7g | Fat: 12.9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4.2g | Sodium: 760mg | Fiber: 1.2g | Sugar: 7.6g