Spicy Chilli Chicken
Chile chicken, cooked Kerala style.
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless chicken meat
- 1 tbsp masala
- 1 cup lemon juice
- Salt to taste
- 3 tbsp canola oil
- 1½ ea. red onion, chopped
- ¾ tbsp red chile powder
- ¾ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp coriander
- 3 medium tomatoes, chopped
- ½ tbsp minced ginger
- 2 tbsp minced garlic
- 6 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 8 tbsp soy sauce
- 4 Indian green chiles, chopped
- 2 green bell peppers, sliced
Ingredients for 5 servings (1.7 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Marinate the chicken with lemon juice, masala, and salt for 1 hour.
- 2
In a large pot, fry the marinated chicken in canola oil until golden brown (5–7 minutes).
Stovetop - 3
Remove the chicken from the pot and cut into pieces.
- 4
Into the remaining oil, add the onions, red chili powder, turmeric, paprika, and coriander powder, and sauté until wilted.
- 5
Add the tomatoes, ginger, and garlic, and cook till the tomatoes are softened and breaking apart.
- 6
Put the ketchup, soy sauce, fried chicken pieces, green chiles, and green peppers in the pot, and simmer until peppers are soft and chicken is fully-cooked.
Stovetop - 7
Serve over steamed rice.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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