happy cooking- Peppered Chicken

Dear Single,

Another simple preparation, which serves both as a snack and a meal by itself. However, if planning as a snack, I would request you to use boneless chicken. The method to prepare the dish though remains the same.


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For this dish you will require the following:


1. 300 gms boneless chicken OR A table bird weighing 300-400 gms,dressed.

2. 01 Tps ginger-garlic paste.

3. 01 tps soy sauce(optional).

4. Powder seeds of 05 green cardamom. Preserve the coverings.

5. 02 tps black pepper powder.

6. Juice of one lemon/lime.

7. Salt to taste.

8. Prefer cook in butter, but it is equally ok to use 02 Tps cooking oil.

9. 06 fresh curry leaves(optional).

10. 100ml water.



Method



1. Dice/disjoint the chicken in to preferred size pieces.

2. Apply half ginger-garlic paste & dust a little salt to the chicken and keep it aside to marinate for half an hour.

3. In a deep frying pan or a shallow wok, put in the butter/oil and as soon it starts to heat put in the fresh curry leaves with the kept aside cardamom coverings, stir once and add the chicken .

4. Saute the chicken on low flame. when it starts to brown add the ginger-garlic paste and fry the chicken.As it browns further add the black pepper and stir fry.

5. Put in the soy sauce(if using).

6. Continue to fry and brown the chicken and as it dries, sprinkle in water,few drops at a time to keep the chicken moist. Add salt, keep in mind that you had earlier put in salt during marination and that the soy is salty too.

7. When the chicken is cooked, add lime juice, powdered cardamom and serve in a flat dish, along with onion salad and chapati/buttered bread for a complete meal.


Enjoy Cooking.