I tasted the Popcorn chicken, after coming to Singapore only. At the first taste itself, i liked it a lot. That time, I never thought, we can prepare these crunchy, munchy, tasty popcorn chicken at home. Thanks to the blogger world. This recipe, I followed the instructions from Vah reh vah and the outcome is simple awesome. Everyone in our family loved it a lot.
Ingredients
For Marination
- Chicken - 1/2 kg (boneless)
- Chilli powder - 1 tsp
- Pepper powder - 1 tsp
- Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
- Lemon juice - 1/2 tsp
- Oil - 1 tsp
For coating
- Egg - 1
- All purpose flour/maida - 3 tsp
- Rice flour - 2 tsp (corn flour can also be used)
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Chilli powder - 1 tsp
- Oil - for frying
Method
- Cut Chicken into small pieces like 1 inch cubes.
- Add Chilli powder, pepper powder, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice, little oil and mix thoroughly and marinate for 2 hrs or 1 hr in freezer.
- Now in a bowl or plate, mix the maida, rice flour, salt and chilli powder.
- Break one egg and keep it in a bowl.
- Now take one piece of chicken and roll them in the flour mixture and let the flour get coated nicely.
- Now dip the coated chicken cubes, in the egg.
- Again coat the dipped chicken cubes with the flour mixture.
- Now the chicken cubes are doubled coated with the flour mixture.
- Remove the excess flour coating by just sifting it in a filter.
- Heat the oil in medium flame and when it is hot, add the coated chicken pieces one by one. Fry them in batches.
- Remove from oil, then they turn light brown colour.
- Filter the excess oil, in a kitchen towel.
- Crispy popcorn chicken is ready to eat.
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