Who will say no to this tempting popcorn chicken?? You can easily prepare this at home. It just involves few steps.
- Marinating the Chicken
- Add Maida to remove excess moisture
- Dip it in egg
- Coat it with flour mix and then deep fry it.
Very easy. Isn't it?? The recipe follows..
Recipe For : 2
Preparation Time : 30 minutes + Time for marination
Ingredients:
Boneless Chicken - 250gm
Maida - 1/4 cup (All Purpose Flour)
Egg -2
Chat masala - a pinch ( optional)
Oil - For frying
For Marinating Chicken:
Ginger-Garlic paste - 2 tbspSalt - As required
Chili Powder - 2 tbsp
Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
Lemon - 1/2
For Coating the chicken:
Maida - 1/2 cup (All Purpose Flour)Corn Flour - 1/2 cup
Salt - As required
Chili Powder - 1 tsp
Pepper Powder - 1/4 tsp
Procedure:
- Chop chicken into bite size pieces. Marinate it with Ginger-Garlic paste, salt, chili powder, pepper powder and lemon juice for about 1 to 2 hours. Adjust the spice according to your taste.
- Take a bowl. Add everything under 'For Coating the chicken'. Mix it well.
- Beat eggs together.
- Now take marinated chicken in a plate. Just to absorb excess moisture, add maida in small instances. To the maximum you will need 1/4 cup of maida.
- Then dip maida added chicken in egg and immediately coat it with the flour mix for coating the chicken.
- As soon as you coat the chicken, place it in a colander and toss it to remove excess flour and fry it in hot oil.
- Drain excess oil and serve it with Tomato ketchup and Mayonnaise. You can also sprinkle little chat masala over fried popcorn chicken to enhance its taste.