Andhra chilli chicken would be a great addition to a party menu as a starter / appetizer or even as a side dish to rice varieties like pulao or biryani and even as a side dish with rasam rice. Making this hot and spicy south Indian chicken starter is quite easy whether you have a friend home for meal or have a crowd for a party, it is apt to make it considering its simplicity and the great taste.
But what this Andhra chilli chicken or green chilli chicken is? A fiery hot chicken starter that is very very popular in Bangalore. Yes it has nothing to do with Andhra cuisine. But just a name given by restaurateurs and street vendors in Bangalore to denote that the chicken is fiery hot (hot foods are the star of Andhra cuisine).
There are 2 versions of this chicken starter. The restaurant style one is just very simple. The chicken is marinated overnight and then cooked. Whenever they get orders for this dish, they stir fry the cooked chicken in ghee and serve hot.
The other one is served as a street food, a deep fried version just like the Indo Chinese chili chicken dry but tempered with lot of green chilies and curry leaves instead of the sauces.
This is an updated andhra green chilli chicken recipe. Recently I happened to find Chef Sanjeev Kapoor’s video on how to make this chicken starter. But I did not dare to try it, as it calls for 2 cups of green chilies which surprised me.
Step-by-step photos
How to make andhra green chilli chicken
1. Soak chicken in butter milk overnight or at least for 2 hours.
2. Blend green chilies, coriander leaves in a jar.
3. Marinate chicken with marination ingredients. Cook until the meat is done fully.
4. Heat a pan with cumin, curry leaves and slit chilies. Add chicken and then the blended paste. Fry for 3 to 5 minutes.
Serve andhra chilli chicken hot.
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Recipe
Andhra chilli chicken recipe
Andhra chilli chicken
For best results follow the step-by-step photos above the recipe card
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
Marination
- 300 grams chicken
- 1 tsp solid ghee
- 2 onions medium sized , coarsely crushed or pulsed
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
- ½ tsp garam masala powder
- turmeric powder Little
- Salt to taste
Seasoning paste
- ½ cup coriander leaves tightly packed, fresh
- 2 green chilies
Seasoning
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- ¼ tsp cumin / jeera
- 2 to 3 green chilies , slit
Instructions
- Wash and soak chicken in buttermilk overnight and refrigerate. Drain off the buttermilk fully, the next morning.This is done only to tenderize the chicken. If you have meat tenderizer you can use it too. You can skip this step totally and just marinate with the marination ingredients and set aside for 45 minutes to 1 hour
- Make a fine paste of the coriander leaves and green chili, set aside till we use it for seasoning. Coarsely crush or pulse onion in a mixer.
- Mix all the marination ingredients along with crushed onions and chicken. If your chicken is not soaked in buttermilk for atleast few hours, then i suggest you set aside after marination for 45 minutes to 1 hour
- Cook chicken on a medium flame till tender and soft. If needed you can sprinkle little water. If the chicken oozes out more moisture, evaporate by cooking on high. But do not overcook at high temperature for long. It can make the chicken hard.
- Heat a pan with oil, add cumin, when they begin to splutter add curry leaves and green chilies. Fry till the leaves turn crisp
- Transfer the cooked chicken and add ground coriander chilli paste.
- Mix well and fry for about 3 to 5 minutes on a medium flame, till you begin to get a nice aroma of the coriander leaves.
- Serve with onion and lemon wedges
NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)
Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.
For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.
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Soumya says
Can i add water in the end to make it as gravy
swasthi says
Hi Soumya,
I have not tried it. It may turn runny if you add a lot.
Sujatha Srinivas says
Hi Swasthi
All chicken resipes have come out really well
swasthi says
Thanks sujatha
Tharaa says
Tried this out last weekend and it really turned out yummy. Reduced the spice level a bit as hubby can’t tolerate much.
He did compliment a lot thought.
Thanks for the recipe:)
swasthi says
Hi Tharaa
Thank you so much. Very glad to know the recipe turned out good
Harish George says
I am going to try this, recipe for tonight’s dinner, looks easy , I’ll post my review later Swathi
Robert Samson says
I was searching for an authentic recipe.
Thanks. I will post my finishing comments later.
Prema says
Excellent yummy no more words to appreciate this recipe
Deepak says
This is not an authentic chilli chicken recipe Swasthi ji.. I have an authentic one which was passed on by a chef from an andhra cuisine restaurant. If interested mail me.
swasthi says
Thanks Deepak
You can send me the recipe. Chilli chicken is not a authentic andhra recipe. It is just a fancy dish served in andhra restuarnts. We can find many kinds of chilli chicken in andhra restaurants. I can try your recipe as well. Do send it to contact(at)indianhealthyrecipes.com
Shilpa k v says
Dear swathi….
Your andhra chilli chicken recipe….green chilli chicken dry was very easy to prepare and was yummy…..loved it
Just enjoyed ??????
swasthi says
Hi Shilpa
So glad to know you loved it. Thank you
zumrudha says
I really like this recipes.. …wow andhra chicken yummy.. ..tasty..
swasthi says
Thank you Zumrudha
Nilanjana says
This seems like a super recipe.. After spending 6 years in Bangalore and loving Andhra food to bits I am learning to cook more and more Andhra food. I am going to try this over the weekend…
swasthi says
Thanks Nilanjana
Would love to hear how it turned out
ramesh says
Superb I like this so much
swasthi says
thank you
vani says
Nice swathi ji
Amina says
wow… delicious and spicy chicken… beautiful presentation…
llimaverda says
me gusta el pollo picante!!, bsts
Vimitha Anand says
love all chicken recipes n u r just rocking with ur collection. yum
Latha Madhusudhan says
Wow I am bookmarking this. Luv it.
Phong Hong says
Swasthi, this is a fantastic chicken recipe! I love green chillies and this is perfect 🙂
Amrita Vishal says
Looks like I'll need to bookmark your entire recipe list..yet again an awesome dish!!
priya satheesh says
Very tempting….
Suja Manoj says
Tempting and spicy chicken.
Priya says
Am a great fan of all ur chicken dishes.Super inviting and droolworthy chilly chicken.