Chicken Lollipop & Restaurant Style Drums of Heaven

Full written recipe for Chicken Lollipop & Drums of Heaven
Prep time: 15-20 minutes
Cooking time: 215-20 minutes
Serves: 3-4 people

Ingredients:

Kashmiri Red Chilli paste

• KASHMIRI RED CHILLI | कश्मीरी लाल मिर्च 20 NOS. (DESEEDED & SOAKED)
• WATER | पानी AS REQUIRED
• OIL | तेल 4-5 TBSP
• VINEGAR | सिरका 1 TSP

Chicken Lollipop (marination)

• CHICKEN LOLLIPOP | चिकन लॉलीपॉप 12 NOS.
• SALT | नमक TO TASTE
• WHITE PEPPER POWDER | सफेद मिर्च का पाउडर 1/4 TSP
• GINGER GARLIC GREEN CHILLI PASTE | अदरक लहसुन और मिर्च की पेस्ट OF 4-5 GARLIC CLOVES, GINGER 1/2 INCH, 1 GREEN CHILLI
• RED CHILLI PASTE | लाल मिर्च की पेस्ट 1 TBSP
• LIGHT SOY SAUCE | लाइट सोया सॉस 1 TSP
• VINEGAR | सिरका 1 TSP
• CORN FLOUR | कॉर्न फ्लोर 4 TBSP
• REFINED FLOUR | मैदा 3 TBSP
• EGG | अंडा 1 NO. (WHITE)
• BAKING SODA | बेकिंग सोड़ा A PINCH

Drums of Heaven

• OIL | तेल 2 TBSP
• GINGER | अदरक 1 TBSP (CHOPPED)
• GARLIC | लेहसुन 2 TBSP (CHOPPED)
• SPRING ONION | हरा प्याज़ 3 TBSP (BULBS)
• GREEN CHILLI | हरी मिर्च 2 NOS. (CHOPPED)
• RED CHILLI PASTE | लाल मिर्च की पेस्ट 1 TBSP
• KETCHUP | केचअप 2 TBSP
• RED CHILLI SAUCE | रेड चिली सॉस 2 TBSP
• DARK SOY SAUCE | डार्क सोया सॉस 1 TSP
• VINEGAR | सिरका 1 TSP
• WHITE PEPPER POWDER | सफेद मिर्च का पाउडर A PINCH
• SALT | नमक A PINCH
• HOT WATER | गरम पानी A REQUIRED
• CORN FLOUR | कॉर्न फ्लोर 1 TBSP
• WATER | पानी AS REQUIRED
• SPRING ONION GREENS | हरे प्याज़ के पत्ते A HANDFUL (CHOPPED)

Method:

1. The wings are divided in two parts, one being drumette, that has one bone and resembles like a drumstick, the other one wingette, that has two bone. Start by Cutting the drumettes, trim of the lower part and scrap off all the meat, going upwards, collect the meat and shape it like lollipop.
2. Now take a wingette, run a knife carefully at the bottom of the wingette and separate the bone joint, start to scrap off the meat in same way going upwards, while separate the thinner bone and discard it.
3. Scrap off all the meat in way described.
4. You can follow these steps & shape the lollipops but you can also ready & shaped lollipops that are easily available in the market.
5. Deseed & soak the kashmiri red chillies in hot water for 1-2 hours then add them into a mixer grinder jar with a splash of water & grind them into a fine paste, your red chilli paste is ready.
6. Set a pan over high flame & once it gets hot, add the oil & let the oil heat up as well.
7. Further add the red chilli paste, stir well & cook over medium high flame until the paste turns crumbly/coarse in texture & all the oil is released, this process will take 4-5 minutes.
8. Once cooked, add vinegar & stir well, your cooked chilli paste is ready, transfer it into a bowl & cool it down, you can also store it in an airtight container.
9. To marinate the chicken lollipops, add them into a bowl & then add salt, white pepper powder, ginger garlic green chilli paste & all the remaining ingredients of the marination then mix & coat the chicken well with the marinade, let the chicken marinate for 30 minutes.
10. Heat oil upto 160 C for frying, once marinated re-shape the lollipops then add them into the oil & fry over medium flame for 6-7 minutes, you only need to cook the chicken till its 80-90% done.
11. Further transfer the first fried chicken lollipops into a sieve & let them rest for 15 minutes.
12. Once rested you can fry them again at 180 C for 1-2 minutes & your delicious restaurant style chicken lollipops will be ready, you can serve them as it is with some schezwan sauce.
13. For drums of heaven, we will flash fry them after the sauce gets ready.
14. To make the sauce set a wok over high heat & let it get hot.
15. Further lower the flame & add oil, ginger, garlic, spring onion bulbs & green chilli, stir well & saute for 1-2 minutes.
16. Then add red chilli paste, ketchup, red chilli sauce, dark soy sauce, vinegar, white pepper powder & salt, stir well & cook for 1-2 minutes.
17. Further add hot water as required to make the sauce, then make a slurry by mixing the corn flour & water in a separate bowl to thicken the sauce & add it to the sauce while stirring it.
18. The sauce is ready, switch off the flame at this stage.
19. Flash fry the chicken lollipops at 180 C for 1-2 minutes & add them into the sauce along with some spring onion greens.
20. Then switch on the flame & just coat chicken lollipops with the sauce quickly & switch off the flame.
21. Your delicious restaurant style drums of heaven are ready.
22. If you are making drums of heaven with all the 12 pieces then just double the ingredients of the sauce & follow the same steps.