Sweet n Sour Pineapple Chicken

Nowdays Chinese food plays a very important role to Indian culinary scene. I have not tasted any authentic Chinese food till now so I do not have any experience about that.But I love Indo - Chinese dishes which are easily available in any Indian Chinese restaurant or multi -cuisine restaurant.
Sweet and sour chicken is one among them.You will get different variations of sweet and sour chicken recipes.Here I had added  pineapple chunks , sweet chili to sauce and vinegar to make this dish,and it tasted so yummy.Do not need to believe me, just try this recipe and see the result.

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Author - Moumita
Preparation Time - 5 Minutes
Cooking Time - 15 Minutes
Servings - 2
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Ingredients
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1. Chicken Breasts-250 grams (boneless)(cut into cubes)
2. Red Bell Pepper (Red Capsicum)-1 (cut into slices)
3. Pineapple (fresh or frozen)-1 cup (cut into small chunks)
4. Garlic-5 pods (chopped )
5. Sweet Chilli Sauce-1/4 cup
6. Vinegar-1teaspoon
7. White Pepper (or black pepper)-1 teaspoon
8. Spring onions-1/4cup (green portions)
9. Salt to taste
10. Flour-1.5 cups
11. Eggs-2 
12. Cornflour-2teaspoon mix with 1/4cup of water)
13. Vegetable oil -2cups (for frying ) + 2 teaspoon

Method

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1. Crack the eggs in a bowl and beat properly with little bit salt
2. Take flour in a wide plate and mix with little salt
3. Coat the chicken pieces with flour then dip into the eegg mixture
4. Coat the chicken pieces again with flour
5. Heat 2 cups oil in a heavy bottomed deep wok
6. Fry the chicken pieces into batches until golden brown
7. Remove the chicken pieces from wok and keep them aside
8. Heat 2 teaspoons Oil in another pan
9. Add chopped garlic , fry until light brown
10. Add chopped red Capsicum and sauté for 2 minutes
11. Add chopped pineapple, mix and stir
12. Add salt and pepper
13. Add sweet chilli sauce and mix
14. Add fried chicken pieces and toss with everything
15. Add cornflour mix with water
16. Add 1 teaspoon vinegar, mix and cook for 2 minutes
17. Switch off the heat and add chopped spring onions. 
18. Serve hot with plain rice or any flavored Chinese rice

Tips

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Always make any Indo Chinese dish on high flame , so the dish doesn't get burnt from the bottom, keep stirring the dish.

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        How To Make Sweet n Sour Pineapple Chicken

Chilli Paneer (Paneer or Cottage Cheese in a hot spicy Chinese gravy)

Chilli Chicken  is a very popular item in any Chinese restaurant  in India.Chilli Paneer  is a modified  vegetarian  version of chilli chicken. Here,paneer  or  Indian cottage  cheese are cooked in flavourful  Chinese spiced gravy.I often make this dish at home.It is very easy to make if you have all the ingredients  at home. Do you believe  I made this chilli paneer  along with veg fried rice at 6'O clock in the morning for my daughter  lunch box?

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Author - Moumita 
Preparation Time - 10 
Cooking Time - 15 Minutes 
Servings - 2 
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Ingredients 
For Frying Paneer 

Paneer (cottage cheese)-100 grams , cut into 2 inch cubes
Oil-1 cup (  for deep-frying)
Cornflour-1/4 cup
Plain flour (maida) -4 tablespoons
Soy sauce-2 teaspoons 
Black pepper powder - 1 teaspoon 
Salt to taste
Water as needed. .approx 4 tablespoons for the above mentioned  measurements (adjust the water  level,the batter should not be very thin or thick )

For Making Gravy
Grated ginger-1 teaspoon 
Garlic cloves - 8  finely chopped
Onion -2 big ( cut into 1 inch  cubed)
Green  Capsicum or bell paper -1 ( cut into 1 inch cubed) 
Spring onions  (white parts)-1/4 cup ( chopped )
Green chillies -6 (cut into thin sliced ) 
Soy sauce-1 tablespoon 
Green chilli  sauce-1/2 teaspoon 
Red chilli  sauce -1 teaspoon
Tomato sauce -1 teaspoon
Vinegar -1/2 teaspoon
Ajinamoto (msg ) mono sodium gluatamate or chinese salt-1 pinch (optional )
Black pepper powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Oil-4 tablespoons
Sugar- 1 teaspoon 
Cornflour-2 teaspoons  mixed with 3 tablespoons water
Salt to taste 
Spring  onions(green  part) -1/4 cup ( chopped )

Method Of Frying  Paneer 
Combine all the ingredients for the frying paneer in a bowl.Make a smooth batter.Coat the paneer pieces with the batter.

Heat oil in a pan,and deep fry the paneer pieces  in hot oil over a high flame till the paneer is light brown(do not overcook the paneer, otherwise it will get hard).

Drain on absorbent paper and keep aside.


Method  Of Making  Gravy

Heat 4 tablespoons  oil in a another pan.

Add chopped garlic. ..fry until garlic turn into light brown colour.Add cubed onions , cubed capsicum,spring onion whites and green chillies and sauté over a high flame for 1 to  2 minutes.

Add the soya sauce,red chilli  sauce and green chilli sauce ,salt and sugar, mix and stir on high flame for 3-4 minutes.Keep stirring  continuously.

Add cornflour water mixture. stir well  and allow it to come to a boil.Let the sauce thicken.Add the fried paneer cubes and simmer them in the sauce for 1-2 minutes.

Add tomato sauce, 1/4 cup chopped spring onions. 1/2 teaspoon black pepper,ajinamoto ,mix well and toss   for 1 minutes on high flame (  just tap the pan) stirring continuously.

Turn off the gas . Garnish  with remaining  chopped  spring onions  (green part ) on top.

Serve this Chilli Chicken with any Chinese Rice like egg fried rice,chicken fried rice, veg fried rice  and many more.

Check out more Indo Chinese  Recipes

Veg Fried Rice

Veg Manchurian

Chilli Chicken

Saucy Prawns

Orange Chicken

Veg Manchurian

                                  VEG MANCHURIAN 
 
-:Ingredients  for Veg Manchurian  balls:-

1 cup grated carrot
1 cup finely chopped cabbage
1/4cup finely chopped spring onion
1/4cup finely chopped  french beans
1/2tsp freshly  black pepper powder
2 tbsp all purpose flour/maida
2 tbsp cornfloursalt to taste
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Ginger  Garlic paste
1tsp Soya Sauce

for the sauce:

2 tbsp onion chopped
1 or 2 green chilies/hari mirch
4-5 Garlic  Cloves Chopped
Green Bell Pepper -cut into thin strips
Green  Chillies -3cut into  slits
1 tbsp corn flour dissolved in 2 tbsp water
1tbsp soya sauce
1tsp Red chilly Sauce
1tsp Green  Chilly Sauce
1/2tsp Tomato sauce
½ tbsp vinegar - 
1tsp black  pepper powder
salt to taste
sugar to taste
some chopped spring onion for garnishing

INSTRUCTIONS

How to make veg manchurian balls:

mix all the ingredients listed under veg balls.
keep aside for 15-20 minutes.
shape into small round balls 
Heat  oil in a pan and shallow fry  on medium flame till golden browned 
drain on kitchen tissues and keep aside.

How to Make  Gravy 

heat oil. Add chopped  garlic,fry until  light brown 

Add Chopped  Onions  and Capsicum  
Add green chilies on high flame.
Mix all the sauce except tomato sauce with 1/2cup water...and add 1/2tsp black pepper,mix well and add let the sauce simmer for 1-2 minutes
add the cornflour paste to thicken the sauce.thicken 
add vinegar, salt, sugar and the fried veg balls.
 stir and simmer for a minute.
Add tomato sauce and remaining  blackpepper powder. .mix well...cook for  1 minute
serve veg manchurian garnished with spring onion greens.

NOTES

1. the best part of any chinese dish is you can change the consistency as per your liking. if you want a thin consistency, add some  water.

2. i have not added any msg to the recipe. if you want ,you can do so. but  msg or mono sodium glutamate is not good for the health.

3. remember to fry the veg balls on medium heat. if they are fried on a high heat, then the outside will get cooked and the inside will be not cooked ,and if they are fried on a low heat, they will absorb oil ...balls will  be  very oil.

                            

Chinese Fried Rice

                  
                                            

                                 CHINESE FRIED RICE

Chinese fried rice is a dish of steamed rice stir fried in a wok mixed with  vegetables like Carrots, French beans,Green Bell Pepper, Spring Onion etc..and also  mushroom  can be added. ...if you want to make Chicken Fried Rice...then can add Chicken pieces....or just can add Egg for Egg fried rice. ...or can add Shrimp along with Chicken, Eggs and Vegetables for making Mixed Fried Rice...

In Chinese Fried Rice. .Leftover Rice is generally used because the moisture in freshly cooked rice will cause it to steam instead of fry. (Source:Wikipedia)


INGREDIENTS:-for 3

• Cooked Basmati rice-3cup
• Carrot-2 (finely chopped)
• Beans-1/2 cup chopped
• Capsicum-1/4cup chopped
• Spring onions (white Part)chopped-1/2 cup
• Spring Onions (green part )Chopped-1/2 cup
• Onion - chopped - 1/4 cup
• Soya sauce-2tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper -1tsp
• Oil-1/4 cup
• Ajinamoto-1/4sp (optional)
• Chopped Garlic-1tbsp

METHOD

• Heat oil in wok
• Add chopped Garlic
• Add all chopped vegetables except spring onions green part
• Fry on high flame...stir continuously
• Add soya sauce. ..mix it with all veggies properly
• Add cooked rice....mix and stir continuously on high flame
• Add salt, black pepper and ajinamoto....mix and stir...cook for 2 minutes. .turn off the gas. ..
• Add chopped spring onions ...

Vegetarian people can add paneer....serve hot with spicy chilli paneer

Non vegetarian people can add  Egg,Chicken, Shrimp, Mushrooms also....and serve hot with Chilli Chicken