Fried Chicken with Chili, Tomato Sauce, Soy Sauce, Sesame Oil, and Vegetables: A Flavorful Asian-inspired Dish
Introduction
If you cannot get enough of juicy and crunchy chicken
drenched with flavors, this Fried Chicken with Chili, Tomato Sauce, Soy
Sauce, Sesame Oil, and Vegetables recipe is the best. This dish comprises
fried chicken sprinkled with herbs and a sweet, spicy sauce. Finally, in this version, we make it even more delicious and beautiful having used green,
yellow and red bell peppers and red cabbage also known in French as choux
rouge. Stick around for the next posts where we’ll give you a detailed
description of how to prepare this mouth-watering dish.
Ingredients
For the Fried Chicken:
- 500 grams of chicken breasts or thighs (cut into bite-sized pieces)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cornstarch (for extra crispiness)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- Vegetable oil for deep frying
For the Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 3 garlic cloves (finely minced)
- 1 tablespoon chili paste (adjust to taste)
- 2 tomatoes (grated or finely chopped)
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey or brown sugar
- ½ cup water
- Green, yellow, and red bell peppers (sliced)
- Red cabbage (choux rouge) (thinly sliced)
- Chopped green onions (for garnish)
Instructions
1. Preparing the Chicken:
👉It is important necessary to season with salt and
black pepper pieces of chicken.
👉Adding flour and cornstarch to a bowl, stir the two
ingredients together. Rub the chicken pieces well in this mixture.
👉Pour vegetable oil into a deep pan or fryer and heat
them to between 170- 180 centigrade/ 340-360 F.
👉Cook the chicken items until they turn brown and crunchy.
👉 Transfer them to another plate prepared with a papers towel to remove
excess oil.
2. Making the Sauce:
👉In a big pot, sauté sesame oil with high heat in them
to medium heat.
👉Stir in minced garlic and chili paste you prepared on
the side plate and continue to stir until the raw aroma of the garlic is gone,
about minutees.
👉Add the grated tomatoes mix well and continue
cooking for 3-4 minutes until tomathe toes are soft and the mixture has thickened.
👉Put in the soy sauce and honey (and for a Filipino
version, you could use brown sugar instead of honey)..
👉Add the water and allow the sauce to continue to cook
on low flame until it gets a little thick.
3. Adding Vegetables and Combining the Dish:
👉Just adn the green, yell,ow and red bell peppers and
the red cabbage into the pan. Fry them in this sauce for approximately 2-3
minutes to keep them crunchy.
👉Place the fried chicken into sauce and stir to cover
the pieces with the sauce.
👉Take it off the heat and garnish it with green onions
that adds aaddst of freshness into the meal.
4. Serving Suggestions
This dish would be best eaten hot; accompanied with
steamed white rice orstir-friedd noodles. You can also boil a side dish of
pickled ginger to relish its crisp and fresh taste or simply have a bowl of
fresh salad to complement the salty taste.
Fried Chicken Cooking Guide
👉Cornstarch makes the chicken extra crunchy and a great
deal crispier even when topped on sauce.
👉To avoid over-spicing, have a look at the following
cooking tip for chili paste which ought to be adjusted according to one’s
preference.
👉There will be additional and more authentic tastes of
the Asian cuisine using fresh sesame oil.
👉It also only requires a short time to cook the
vegetables to preserve the colors and/ or the crispness.
Nutritional Value
This dish can be regarded as useful as it contains the
beneficial combination of proteins, fiber, and useful fats that are contained
in chicken and fresh vegetables. Frying of course adds a few calories to the
dish but the sauce and the additional vegetables are tasty and help to make the
dish filling and very satisfying.
Finnaly
Crispy Fried Chicken teamed with Chili and Tomato
Sauce, Soy and Sesame Oil and Vegetables is another exciting food with healthy
fried attributes. The raw taste of the bell peppers and the red cabbage adds on
a nutritional value, as well as a beautiful appeal to the dish. A great dish to
be served during family gatherings and other parties this meal is sure to make
a gourmet out of your guests.