Chilli Chicken with Fried Rice

This is a very special recipe for me as I have learned it from my mum and it's been 10 years minimum that I have been cooking it now and I absolutely loveeee it. So here it goes from my mumma's kitchen - Chilli Chicken and Fried Rice.

Ingredients

For Chilli Chicken

• 400 gms chicken
• 4 tbsp cornstarch
• 2 tbsp dark soya sauce
• 2 tbsp red chilli sauce
• 2 tbsp tomato sauce
• 1 normal onion, sliced
• 2 tbsp green spring onions chopped
• 1 capsicum sliced
• 1/2 tsp pepper powder
• 1/4 tsp ajinomoto
• 1/2 tsp castor sugar
• 1 tsp vinegar
• Salt as per taste
• Oil for Frying
• 2 tbsp sesame oil

For Fried Rice

• 10 garlic cloves, crushed slightly
•  150 ml sesame oil
• 2 carrots, cut on an angle into 3mm slices
•  2 onions, finely diced
• 80 grams  mushrooms, sliced into 4 pieces
•  2 cups cooked rice
•  3 tablespoons dark soy sauce
• 1 ½ tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp red chilli sauce
• 1 tsp ajino moto
• 1 tsp sugar
• salt, to taste

Method

For Chilli Chicken

• Marinate Chicken with soy sauce, red chilli sauce, vinegar, ketchup, ajinomoto and cornflour dissolved in water for 1 hour minimum.
• Heat oil and fry on a medium heat these marinated chicken pieces. Be careful while frying too much heat can over cook you chicken and make it dry so maintain the temperature
• In the same oil fry capsicum till they are partially cooked.
• Heat 2 tbsp sesame oil in a pan and sauté onions, add left over marinating mix and cook for 2 minutes. Add salt, sugar and black pepper to it.
• Add fried chicken and capsicums in the sauce and let it cook for more 5 minutes.
• Chilli Chicken is ready

For Fried Rice

• Add sesame oil in a pan add onions and let it sauté, add garlic and mushroom and let them cook till mushroom leaves all water.
• Add carrots and let it also cook on high flame for 5 minutes.
• Add soy sauce, red chilli sauce, ketchup, vinegar, salt, ajinomoto and sugar and cook for 1 more minute.
• Add cooked rice and toss for 3-4 minutes. 

Serve Chilli Chicken and Fried Rice together and enjoy J