Monday, December 08, 2008

Spicy chicken with Groundnuts

Boneless chicken cut into 1 inch 500gm

Cyster sauce 1 tbsp

Vegetable oil 2 tbsp

Spring onions 3

Garlic 4or 5 flakes

Groundnuts ½ cup

Green chillies 2or 3

Black peppercorns 8-10

Red chilli flakes 1 tsp

Cinnamon powder ¼ tsp

Salt to taste

Tomato ketchup ¼ cup

Salt to taste

Lemon juice 1 tbsp

Cornflour 2 tbsp

Water 1 ½ cups

Spring onions greens 2

Method

Place the chicken in a bowl add the oyster sauce and marinate for at least one hour preferably in the refrigerator. Heat the oil in a pan add the spring onions and sauce for a few seconds. Add the garlic and continue to sauté for a while. Add the groundnuts and sauce for a few seconds. Add the marinated chicken and sauté for two minutes. Stir in the green chillies, four or five of the crushed black peppercorns and the red chilli flakes. Add the cinnamon powder salt tomato ketchup and lemon juice. Mix the cornflour` into half a cup of water and add to the pan with one cup of water. Cook till the sauce thickens. Add the spring onion greens and serve hot, sprinkled with the remaining crushed black peppercorns.



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