GLAZED CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOM

A very quick and simple but tasty recipe

 I like to watch cooking shows and borrow ideas from those and like to try cooking something different. That's how I found out this recipe and going to share it with you. 

Ingredients:

250 gm boneless chicken pieces. ( preferred thigh pieces)

10-12 button mushroom cut into half or quarter piece ( same size of the chicken)

one small carrot cut into thick slices (optional)

one small onion - cut into quarter (optional)

One tablespoon cut spring onion

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon tomato sauce

1/2 tablespoon dark soy sauce

Salt 

2 tablespoon vegetable oil.

2/3 clove of garlic

Preparing the sauce:

Mix tomato, honey, and soy sauce. Keep it aside.

Methods:

• Remove excess water from the chicken.
• Wipe the mushrooms.
• Put a frying pan over high heat.
• Add oil. Let it be smoking hot and then add the chicken pieces and stir.
• Stir frequently. 
• Add salt and let it cook in medium heat till it turns light golden brown. ( Chicken should be almost cooked)
• Add carrot slices, garlic, and onion. 
• Stir and cook for two to three minutes.
• Adjust the salt. 
• Now it's time to add the prepared sauce. Let it dry stirring continuously over high heat. 
• Add spring onion and serve.

Can be served as a starter or main dish with hot steam rice.

Note: Most important -do not cover while cooking.

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Chicken with onion chunk

Chicken with onion chunk

One lazy afternoon was sitting in the balcony thinking what to prepare for dinner. There ware not enough vegetables in my refrigerator. So decided to make chicken .  I  had only two medium potatoes and lots of onion. At last I prepared the chicken with some chunks of onion and my family loved it.

Here is the recipe :

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg chicken- cleaned and washed
• 2+1 medium onion ( Indian size)
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp ginger and garlic paste
• 2tbsp oil
• salt to taste

Method:

• Finely chopped two onion and cut one onion into chunk.
• Put a heavy based pan on high flame.

• Put the oil and let it be smoking hot.
• Reduced the heat.
• Add the chopped onion and fry it till golden brown at medium flame.
• Then add the ginger and garlic paste and fry it for at least 2 min.
• Now Add the chicken and fry at high flame to remove the water.
• Put the red chilli powder and turmeric powder. Mix it well and cover it . Reduce the heat.
• Stir it and add salt.
• When it is half cooked add the onion chunk and stir and cover it again.
• When it's almost cooked remove the lid and fry it in high flame stirring frequently.
• And served with steamed rice or Roti/ Phulka.

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CRISPY FRIED CHICKEN

Deep Fried Chicken 

It is a kid's favoriate chicken recipe that they like to eat as a snack or dinner with carrot  and cucumber slices and some romaine leaves.

Appetizer

Ingredients:

• Chicken 250 g ( Prefered bone less )
• Cumin Powder 1tsp
• Coriander powder 1/2 tsp
• Paprika 1 tsp
• Corn starch 1 tbsp
• Rice flour 1/2 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

Method:

• Wash the chicken pieces and drain it well.
• Rub the chicken pieces with salt , cumin and corianer powder . 
• Mix corn starch , paprika and rice flour together with a little salt. 
• Put the flour mixer into the chicken and mix it very well. ( Some times need to add two- three drops of water to give the chicken a nice coat. )
• Put enough oil in a skylet on high heat to deep fry the chicken pieces.
• When the oil is hot reduce the heat to medium. 
• Fry the chicken pieces till it turns golden brown and crispy.
• And serve it with your choice of sauce. ( Kids like it with tomato ketchup)

NOTE:  You can add salad and boiled potato with butter if you are serving the chicken  as a dinner.



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Pepper chicken

Pepper Chicken with mushroom

I prepared this recipe inspired from a Chinese restaurant where I ate pepper chicken .  The kids always love it when I prepared it.

We need:

1. Chicken pieces  -       250 g boneless
2.  Mushroom  (button ) -     5pieces
3. 1 medium Potato (optional)
4. 1/2 Green Bell Pepper
5. 1/2 of tomato
6.   4 table spoon veg oil
7.   1 small onion
8. 1 tea spoon ginger garlic paste  
9. 1 table spoon black pepper freshly ground  
10. Salt for taste

Method:

Clean the chicken and keep it aside. Cut the mushroom into two pieces and potato  into four pieces.  chop onion into medium pieces.  Heat a non stick pan on to medium heat. Put oil on it and when it is hot put the onion . Fry a little and then put the chicken and potato pieces. Stir it and put the ginger garlic paste. Fry this stirring occasionally. Sprinkle salt. When the chicken and potatoes almost cooked give the tomato and stir. Put the freshly ground black pepper and capsicum  pieces and fry for a little time on high heat. The pepper chicken is ready to eat  when the oil comes out from it. Serve with steamed rice or noodles.





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