- Chilli chicken is known as one of the most popular dishes in Hakka Chinese and Indian restaurants.
Stir fry’s one of my favorite foods of all time. There are hundreds of types of stir fry’s in the world varying in flavors, textures, and ingredients. I will be going over one of my favorite stir fry recipe’s, Chilli chicken. Though there are many ways to cook chilli chicken, this recipe will follow the Hakka Style method.
Dry chilli chicken is a popular and delicious Hakka, Indian Chinese takeout dish made with crispy chicken chunks and lightly tossed in a spicy chilli sauce. Packed with incredible flavours from both worlds.
Chilli chicken is known as one of the most popular dishes in Hakka Chinese and Indian restaurants.
There are two ways to make this stir fry recipe, the dry way and the gravy way. I will be going through the dry method for my chilli chicken recipe however, you will be able to use this recipe for the gravy method as well by increasing the quantity of the sauce itself.
Which tastes better chilli chicken dry or gravy?
I’d say both taste amazing and its upto your preference. Personally i’ve found dry chilli chicken tends to have more flavour over the gravy one as the sauce blends better with the fried chicken chunks.
1. Chilli Chicken Dry Ingredients
- Sauce:
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar or honey
- 4 green chilli (less if you want to be less spicy)
- 2 teaspoon of chili garlic sauce (sriracha as substitue)
- 4 tablespoon soy sauce
- 3 teaspoons corn starch mix with 2 tablespoons water
- 1 ½ teaspoon chilli powder
- 1 cup water
2. Chilli Chicken Gravy Ingredients
- Sauce:
- 2 1/2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 1/2 tablespoon sugar or honey
- 8 green chilli (less if you want to be less spicy)
- 5 teaspoon of chili garlic sauce (sriracha as substitue)
- 9 tablespoon soy sauce
- 8 teaspoons corn starch mix with 6 tablespoons water
- 3 teaspoon chilli powder
- 2 1/2 cup water
Chilli Chicken Recipe : Special ingredients / Substitutes
Chicken Breast Substitutes:
- For those who are looking for a vegan option, you can swap chicken with paneer or soya chunks cut into blocks
- Boneless Chicken thighs are also another great option
- Get rid of the chicken entirely and go for a beef stir fry recipe!
Follow the exact same steps for both boneless chicken thighs and beef. As for paneer and soya adding a bit of cornstarch on top can turn them crispy when frying
Increase the spice or make it more sweet or add more veggies
Add anything you wish to your stir fry! The limits are endless
- Swap sugar with honey or brown sugar for a change of taste
- some examples of veggies include mushrooms, broccoli, and onion stalks.
- Increase the spice by adding a bit more chili powder or cayenne powder to change the flavour
- A bit of sriracha can increase the flavor more
Enjoy your chili chicken with a variety of rice’s, whether its fried rice, Schezwan rice, basmati rice, or just plain rice, the variety is endless!
