This is an AI-generated image.

Chicken Manchurian

Name: Chicken Manchurian
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 500g Chicken Thigh; 4 tbsp Potato Starch; 1 Egg; 3 cloves Garlic; 15g Ginger; 1 Green Bell Pepper; 1 stalk Green Onion (Long); 3 tbsp Soy Sauce; 2 tbsp Tomato Ketchup; as needed Frying Oil

Main Dish

⏱ 35 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Fried chicken tossed in a glossy sweet-spicy sauce — an Indo-Chinese main course staple.

📱 Open in Storage App

🚧 The Storage app is currently in development. Please check back soon.

📖 The Story Behind This Dish

The chicken counterpart to Gobi Manchurian, and one of the most ordered dishes at Indian Chinese restaurants. The glossy, thickened sauce pairs so well with rice that it's often served as "Manchurian rice," almost like a rice bowl.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Often paired with fried rice or noodles as a one-plate meal.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 500g
Potato Starch 4 tbsp
Egg 1
Garlic 3 cloves
Ginger 15g
Green Bell Pepper 1
Green Onion (Long) 1 stalk
Soy Sauce 3 tbsp
Tomato Ketchup 2 tbsp
Frying Oil as needed

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and massage in the beaten egg and half the potato starch.
Deep-fry until golden brown; remove.
Mince the garlic and ginger; slice the green pepper into strips.
Heat oil in a pan and fry the garlic and ginger until fragrant.
Add the green pepper and stir-fry briefly, then add the soy sauce, ketchup, and 150ml water, and bring to a simmer.
Dissolve the remaining potato starch in water and stir in to thicken; toss in the fried chicken and scatter green onion to finish.

← More India recipes 🗺 Explore another country