Chicken 65 recipe

Chicken 65 recipe. – Learn how to make chicken 65 recipe at home. Chicken 65 is a popular spicy, delicious and hot South Indian restaurant style boneless chicken starter. There are so many ways a chicken 65 is made. All totally different from one another with different styles Andhra style or hyderabadi style, Madurai style, restaurant style etc.

I have tried quite a lot and ended up concluding this as one of the best chicken 65 recipe. It makes an amazing party appetizer & is a crowd-pleaser.

This recipe is a keeper and I have lost count of how many times I have made this. It has never turned me down even when I make for a crowd.

The unique flavor & delicious taste to this dish comes from my special homemade garlic chili seasoning which I have shared below.

What is chicken 65?

Chicken 65 is a popular deep fried spicy chicken appetizer that originated in Hotel Buhari in Chennai.

This immensely popular South Indian appetizer is made by marinating & frying chicken bites coated with flour, curry leaves and spices.

There are a lot of variations to this dish. The recipe shared here is done by tossing fried chicken bites in a spicy chilli garlic seasoning. Curry leaves & garlic are the key ingredients in this dish.

Variations

To make a hyderabadi chicken 65, you can use yogurt for marination as well for seasoning.

To make it street style, you can use egg. But I prefer not to use it since it makes the chunks soggy and smelly once cooled down. This recipe can be made even without yogurt and egg if you desire. The result will still be juicy and soft chicken.

If you make the chicken 65 without egg, then it can be kept for few hours. While there will be no change in the taste and flavor. It can be refrigerated for later use and heated as well. But eating reheated chicken often is not a good idea.

For more Indian chicken recipes , check
Indo chinese chilli chicken
Chicken pakoda
tandoori chicken
Hot garlic chicken
Andhra or hyderabadi chicken majestic
chicken tikka

Preparation for chicken 65 recipe

1. Marinate chicken with ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, lemon juice or yogurt , pepper powder or garam masala, turmeric and very little salt.

2. For a restaurant flavor, you can also add very finely chopped curry leaves. Keep it aside for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Overnight makes the chicken chunks super soft.

3. Add corn flour and maida or rice flour.

4. Mix well using very little water or egg. (one egg for half kg chicken. ) If you have used yogurt no need to use egg. But if you have not used yogurt, i suggest using egg since it will locks the meat juices and prevent it from becoming hard when fried. Since i have used yogurt i did not use egg.

Frying chicken

5. Heat oil in a pan. Check if the oil is hot enough by dropping a small portion of batter. It must rise without browning too quickly. Then slide the chicken pieces to hot oil and deep fry until golden. When the chicken is cooked fully, bubbles will reduce.

6. Drain them on a kitchen tissue. You can also fry 1 sprig curry leaves for garnish.

How to make chicken 65 recipe

7. This step is optional and you can also add them directly to the pan. Add garlic paste, red chili powder, salt, very little sugar and yogurt or vinegar with 2 tbsp. water to a bowl.

To remove the pungent taste of garlic very little sugar is used but that doesn’t sweeten the dish. Some restaurants use yogurt, some use vinegar. To make andhra style chicken65 use yogurt.

8. Transfer the oil to a bowl from the pan and retain just 1/2 to 1 tbsp. oil. Add garlic, when it is lightly fried add cumin, chilies and curry leaves.

9. When the curry leaves turn crisp, add the mixture we just made above. You can also add all the ingredients directly – garlic paste, red chilli powder, salt, sugar & vinegar with 2 tbsps water. Or skip vinegar & water, just use curd.

10. Allow it to thicken a bit.

11. Add the fried chicken and saute for 2 to 3 minutes to coat the mixture well. Taste test and add more salt and half teaspoon ground pepper if needed for extra heat.

Delicious, juicy chicken starter is ready, serve with onion wedges.

Serve with Chinese fried rice, South Indian style Ghee rice, Andhra style coconut milk pulao or South Indian coconut rice.

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