Chilli Garlic Chicken

Office Escapades sound adventurous I am sure.

Chilli Garlic Chicken

But when you have continuously piling office work enough to kill you, then a couple of hours of "me time" qualifies as an escapade. For sometime now, I have been able to dedicate only a couple of hours each week to my weekend kitchen.And whereas I have been missing the relaxation and creativity that the kitchen requires but it surely overwhelms the gross office work that I needed to do for the preceding 5 days.Since the puja season is still hanging by a thread (the last puja of the season, Kali Puja still remaining last Sunday) a little amount of joy too remains.I suddenly felt nice and happy while preparing, what I call the "Chinese Lunch" comprising Egg Fried Rice,Mixed Fried Rice and Chilli Garlic Chicken.
The end result came out good. The wife became a fan of my Chinese cooking(which I somehow dont like much)
Heres presenting, Chilli Garlic Chicken with Dry Red Chillies.

Serves: 4

Preparation Time:15 mins
Cooking Time: 45 mins

Ingredients for the batter:

• Boneless Chicken: 400 gms.Cut into small pieces.
• 1 Whisked, raw egg white and yolf
• Corn flour: 4 tbsp
• Soya sauce: 1 tsp
• Salt to taste

Ingredients for frying the chicken:

• Vegetable Oil: 10 tbsp
• Chicken pieces dipped in the batter

Ingredients for the gravy:

The Chinese Lunch!

Green Bell Pepper: 100 gms.Cut into medium sized pieces.
Garlic: 8-10 cloves.Slit into small pieces.
Ajinomoto: 1/2 tsp
Dark Soya Sauce: 3.5-4 tsp
White Pepper(Sa-marich): 8-10.Crushed
Black Pepper: 5-6.Crushed
Dry Red Chilli: 5-6
Green Chilli: 4-5.Slit.
Brown Sugar: 1 tsp
Salt: To taste

Procedure:

• Mix the ingredients for the batter(excepting the chicken pieces) together.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a wok.
• Once oil gets hot, dip the chicken slices in the batter and fry until the chicken pieces turn golden brown.
• Remove the fried chicken pieces and put them on a tissue to soak in the excess amount of oil.
• There should be left over oil in the wok after the chicken pieces have been fried.In case no oil is left, add around 3-4 tbsp of vegetable oil, which should be fine for the gravy.
• Adjust the heat to medium.
• Add slit green chilli,dry red chilli,garlic,white pepper and black pepper to the oil.
• Wait for the smell from the ingredients to evolve, then add the green bell pepper.
• Stir fry for 3-4 mins until the raw ness of the bell pepper is gone. Then add the fried chicken pieces.
• Sprinkle the soya sauce,ajinomoto,brown sugar and a little amount of salt.
• Stir for another 5 mins.
• When the ingredients have mixed thoroughly, add water, depending upon the amount of gravy required.
• When the water begins to simmer, check the level of salt and adjust it accordingly.
• Turn the heat to low and put a lid on the wok and let the mixture simmer for 30 mins.
• The Chicken should be ready.

It goes with Paranthas as well as Chinese Fried rice.