Ginger Chicken

Hmmm ...one of my favourite dish amongst all nonveg is Ginger Chicken...mmm it tastes heavenly. The fresh ginger aroma just gives me an out of the world experience...

The ingredients are so very simple ....I wonder why most of the restaurants dont have this dish :( ...so i prepare them at home ... :)) You can try it too ...

Here's what you ll need...

Ingredients:

Boneless Chicken ( 2 lb)

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Chopped Ginger - 3 tbsp ( cut lengthwise)

Big Onion - 1 (medium size)

green chilli - 4 to 5

curry leaves - few

coriander stem and leaves - hand full

Soya sauce - 1 tbsp (optional)

Corn flour - 1 tbsp

Whole Pepper - 1 tbsp

Lime juice - 1 to 2 tbsp

Salt - to taste

Oil

For Ginger Chicken:

• Wash and cut the chicken into bite size pieces
• Add corn flour, lime juice, soya sauce and salt to the chicken and let it marinate for 30 mins
• Add the chopped onions, chillies, coriander stem and leaves, and curry leaves to a blender and make a paste. Keep aside.
• Heat 5 tbsp oil in pan ( Use a wide open pan ) , add the chicken pieces into pan. The chicken should be layered directly to the oil and not one on top of the other chicken. Water ozes out of the chicken. Let it cook till all the water has drained.
• Now, add the fresh ginger pieces and stir fry.
• Add the ginger garlic paste, and stir fry for 5 mins.
• Once the chicken has turned slight golden brown, add the onion-chilli-curryleaves-coriander leaves paste and stir well.
• Let it get cooked till the onion is nicely cooked and golden brown in color..
• Add salt to taste.
• Crush the pepper corns, and add to chicken. Drain out excess oil.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and lime juice.

This is a dry dish... Enjoy with Biriyani/ Fried Rice, chapathi, or just like that ..:)

Tips:

Try to use a non-stick pan to prepare this dish, in order to avoid sticking to the bottom.