Butter Garlic Chicken

Full written recipe for Butter Garlic Chicken

Preparation time: 1 hr

Cooking time: 15-20 minutes

Serves: 3-4 people

Ingredients:

Marination

• CHICKEN | चिकन 350 GRAMS
• SALT | नमक TO TASTE
• BLACK PEPPER POWDER | काली मिर्च पाउडर A PINCH
• VINEGAR | सिरका 1 TSP
• LIGHT SOY SAUCE | लाइट सोया सॉस 1/4 TSP
• GINGER GARLIC GREEN CHILLI PASTE | अदरक लहसुन और हरी मिर्च की पेस्ट 1 TSP
• CORN FLOUR | कॉर्न फ्लोर 2 TBSP
• REFINED FLOUR | मैदा 2 TBSP
• EGG WHITE | अंडे का सफेद हिस्सा 1 NO.
• OIL | तेल 4-5 TBSP (FOR FRYING CHICKEN)

Butter Garlic Sauce

• GARLIC | लेहसुन 1/3 CUP
• BUTTER | मक्खन 4 TBSP
• GREEN CHILLI | हरी मिर्च 2 NO. (CHOPPED)
• CORIANDER STEM | धनिए के डंठल 2 TBSP (CHOPPED) (OR CELERY)
• HOT WATER | गरम पानी 100 - 150 ML
• LEMON JUICE | नींबू का रस 1 TSP
• LEMON ZEST | नींबू का छिलका OF A LEMON
• SPRING ONION | हरा प्याज़ A LARGE HANDFUL
• SPRING ONION GREENS | हरे प्याज़ के पत्ते (FOR GARNISHING)

Method:

1. Cut the chicken breasts into flat thin slices & transfer them into a bowl, you can also cut them into cubes/chunks, I prefer slices.
2. Add salt, black pepper powder, vinegar, light soy sauce & ginger garlic green chilli paste & mix well to coat the chicken with all the ingredients.
3. Further add corn flour, refined flour & egg white, mix well again & your chicken is ready to be fried.
4. Add the garlic into a chopped & chop it roughly, you don’t need finely minced garlic for this recipe.
5. Set a pan over high heat & add the oil for frying the chicken, let the oil get moderately hot.
6. Carefully add the chicken into the hot oil & fry it over medium high flame until golden brown from both sides.
7. Once fried transfer the chicken onto a sieve.
8. To make the sauce set a wok over high heat, add the butter & let it melt.
9. Further add the roughly chopped garlic, green chilli & chopped coriander stems (you can also add chopped celery instead of the coriander stems), stir well & cook the garlic for 2-3 minutes over medium flame, you don’t have to cook the garlic until it’s golden brown.
10. Add hot water to make the sauce & stir well.
11. Then add salt (add only a pinch as butter also contains a lot of salt), light soy sauce, vinegar, black pepper powder & sugar, stir well & cook over high flame for 2-3 minutes.
12. Make a slurry by combining the corn flour with some water & add it to the wok & stir continuously to thicken the sauce.
13. Once the sauce thickens, add the fried chicken, lemon juice, lemon zest & spring onions, toss well to coat the chicken.
14. Your delicious butter garlic chicken is ready, serve hot & garnish it with some spring onion greens.