How to make Crackling Spinach Chicken - Deep-fried chicken cooked in a sauce and served topped with crackling spinach.
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Main Ingredients : Spinach (पालक), Boneless chicken (हड्डी रहित चिकन)
Cuisine : Fusion
Course : Main Course Chicken
Crackling Spinach Chicken Recipe Card
Hindi: palak
Treasure house of vitamins and minerals, spinach must be included in the week's menu. The usage can be varied: chopped spinach leaves cooked with potatoes is a semi-wet vegetable with rotis, a few spinach leaves thrown in with mixed vegetables and turned into a soup is lovely on a cold winter night, chopped and blanched spinach makes a different sort of raita, spinach puree can be used in cutlets or kababs, the list goes on.
For more recipes related to Crackling Spinach Chicken checkout Saag Murgh Kofta, Palak Chicken. You can also find more Main Course Chicken recipes like Methi Chicken, Plum Chilli Roast Chicken, Chicken fry, Spicy Chicken.
Prep Time : 6-10 minutes
Cook time : 26-30 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Spicy
Ingredients for Crackling Spinach Chicken Recipe
Spinach shredded and deep-fried 1 cup
Boneless chicken legs cut into cubes 450 grams
Oil 1 tablespoon + for deep-frying
White pepper powder to taste
Salt to taste
Soy sauce 2 tablespoons
Garlic chopped 2 tablespoons
Spring onion greens chopped 2 tablespoons
Red chilli flakes 2 teaspoons
Cornflour/ corn starch 1-2 tablespoons
Ginger chopped ½ tablespoon
Celery stick chopped ½ medium
Onion cut into cubes and layers separated 1 medium
Fresh coriander stems chopped 2 tablespoons
Sugar 2 teaspoons
Sesame oil (til oil) 1 tablespoon
Dried red chillies diagonally sliced 4-5
Sesame seeds (black) toasted ¼ cup
Method
Step 1
Put chicken in a bowl, add pepper powder, salt, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon garlic, 1 tablespoon spring onion greens, 1 teaspoon chilli flakes, mix and set aside to marinate for 10-15 minutes. Add cornstarch and mix well.
Step 2
Heat sufficient oil in a deep pan.
Step 3
To prepare sauce, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a non-stick pan. Add ginger and saute for 30 seconds. Add celery and saute for 30 seconds. Add remaining garlic and saute till golden.
Step 4
Add onion and saute till translucent. Add coriander stems and toss to mix. Add some water and mix well. Add remaining soy sauce, ½ teaspoon chilli flakes and fried chicken and toss to mix.
Step 5
Add 1 teaspoon sugar and toss to mix. Add remaining chopped spring onion greens and mix well. Place the chicken on a serving plate.
Step 6
To prepare crackling spinach, heat sesame oil in a non-stick pan. Add dried red chillies, fried spinach, remaining chilli flakes, sesame seeds and remaining sugar and toss.
Step 7
Serve the chicken hot topped with crackling spinach.
