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By swasthi , on August 3, 2020, 91 Comments, Jump to Recipe

Garlic chicken recipe in 20 minutes – This Indian style garlic chicken has been one of the favorites at home. Hot, spicy, flavorful & absolutely delicious – all without deep frying the chicken. This goes well with plain rice – rasam, Fried rice and Hakka noodles.

indian garlic chicken recipe

However you can also have this with chilli garlic noodles or chilli garlic fried rice and you may also save sometime since the noodles & fried rice I mentioned also use the same spice base.

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My new found trick to tenderize the chicken which I learnt from my chicken majestic, works well for this recipe too. I soaked the chicken strips overnight in buttermilk along with salt and pepper.

I was surprised at this soft, tasty and tender chicken, all without deep frying and it is egg free too. I am yet to try baking this. This is not any restaurant style chicken starter but it tastes awesome and is ideal for a home preparation. It is one of our favorites during the monsoon and winters.

To make the spice paste, you can tweak it a bit to suit your taste. For me this turns out perfect.

Note for those who cannot blend and make a paste: mix red chili powder, chopped and crushed garlic, vinegar, sugar, salt and 1 tbsp. water. Use this paste for marinating.

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Garlic chicken

Spicy hot garlic chicken – Quick and Easy Indian Garlic Chicken in 20 minutes. Serve it as a starter or a side, it tastes delicious.
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Prep Time6 hours
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time6 hours 20 minutes
Servings4
AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )

Marination

  • 300 grams chicken strips or boneless cubes
  • 4 tbsp Yogurt / dahi / curd (do not use sour yogurt)
  • Salt very little
  • 1 pinch pepper

Seasoning

  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • 1 sprig curry leaves
  • ¼ tsp cumin
  • 1 onions chopped finely

Ingredients for Chili garlic sauce

  • 5 red chilies or 3/4 tsp red chilli powder
  • 5 garlic cloves crushed
  • ¾ tbsp Vinegar
  • ¼ tsp sugar (optional)
  • Salt to taste
  • 15 to 30 ml Water (lesser, better) to make a paste

Garnish

  • Coriander leaves few
  • Onion wedges or rings
  • Lemon
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Instructions

Prepration

  • Mix yogurt, salt and pepper with ½ to ¾ cup water. Beat well and set aside.
  • Wash chicken and soak it in the above prepared butter milk for 2 hours to overnight in the refrigerator. Soaking for at least 6 hours is recommended to get soft chicken.
  • Blend and Make a paste of the ingredients mentioned for chili garlic sauce.
  • Drain up the buttermilk and add the prepared sauce. Mix well and leave it for 5 minutes. If you want to prepare it at a later time, you can put it back in the refrigerator.

Making garlic chicken

  • Heat a pan with oil, add cumin and curry leaves, sauté till the cumin begins to splutter.
  • Transfer the onions and fry till golden.
  • Add the chicken and fry on a high heat for 2 to 3 mins. When you see the chicken turning white, cover it with a lid and lower the heat and cook till the chicken turns tender. This barely takes 5 mins if you are using strips
  • Remove the lid and fry till the moisture evaporates and the sauce begins to cling to the chicken. The longer it is roasted, the sauce becomes more aromatic and tastier but the chicken tends to lose its tenderness. So take off from the heat when it is of your liking. Take care not to burn, garlic burns faster.
  • Serve garlic chicken hot or warm.
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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.

NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)

Nutrition Facts
Garlic chicken
Amount Per Serving
Calories 275 Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Fat 19g29%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Cholesterol 58mg19%
Sodium 66mg3%
Potassium 400mg11%
Carbohydrates 9g3%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 16g32%
Vitamin A 655IU13%
Vitamin C 90.3mg109%
Calcium 47mg5%
Iron 1.5mg8%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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I’m Swasthi shreekanth, the recipe developer, food photographer & food writer behind Swasthis recipes. My aim is to help you cook great Indian food with my time-tested recipes. After 2 decades of experience in practical Indian cooking I started this blog to help people cook better & more often at home. Whether you are a novice or an experienced cook I am sure Swasthi’s Recipes will assist you to enhance your cooking skills.
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  2. Rashmi varma says

    January 25, 2021

    5 stars
    I loved going through your recipes Swathi. It’s a must try . The little tricks you add inbetween are awesome

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      January 26, 2021

      Thank you Rashmi
      🙂

      Reply
  3. Dollie says

    June 27, 2020

    Hi Swasthi..
    I’ve tried many recipes of yours.. most of them turned out to be good..♥️
    It would be helpful of u put step by step photos for this garlic chicken recipe too..

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      June 27, 2020

      Hi Dollie
      I don’t have the step by step photos for this recipe. I will try to do it

      Reply
  4. Tanu says

    June 3, 2020

    Quick and yummy…. This is purely a toddler and new mom recipe if you add less chilli (I added 3chillies instead of 5) and my 16 months old son loved it…. And my sister is a mother to 20 days old baby girl and she loved it too…. Thankyou so much dear…. I love your recipes swasthi…

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      June 4, 2020

      Welcome Tanu
      So glad to know both of them loved it.
      Thank you!
      🙂

      Reply
  5. Rama says

    July 18, 2019

    5 stars
    Though I cook a lot of variety and tasty dishes I still refer ur page for non vegetarian recipes. I really like ur recipes it’s S really too Gud as u share many andhra recipes thank u

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      July 18, 2019

      Hi Rama,
      You are welcome. Glad you like the recipes. Thank you so much!

      Reply
  6. Jumana Q says

    April 22, 2019

    5 stars
    Thanks a lot for the wonderful recipe. Turned out very well.

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      April 23, 2019

      Welcome Jumana

      Reply
    • Rama says

      October 6, 2019

      5 stars
      Though i am vegetarian, Looks very tasty. I sd try preparing for my husband, daughter and maid.😊 thanks for the easy recipie

      Reply
      • swasthi says

        October 8, 2019

        You are welcome Rama
        Hope your family likes it!

        Reply
  7. Roxy says

    July 11, 2018

    Hi swasthi when cumin is required in curry recipes etc , is this cumin seeds or ground cumin? Clarity would be appreciated. Thank you!

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      July 11, 2018

      Hi Roxy,
      For curry recipes, I usually do not use cumin powder. It is only the seeds.
      Just a note – I mention them differently
      For cumin – I write cumin or jeera
      For cumin powder – I write clearly cumin powder or jeera powder.
      Hope this helps. Thanks for reading

      Reply
      • Roxy says

        July 16, 2018

        Thanks for that Swasthi that helps alot….

        Reply
        • Jitendri says

          December 23, 2019

          Cooking non veg for very first time. With the help of ur recipe it was too tasty. Exact measurements. My frnds loved it.

          Reply
          • swasthi says

            December 23, 2019

            Thank you! Glad you all liked it.

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  9. Anil Kondath says

    June 20, 2018

    4 stars
    Hi Swasthi

    Thanks for posting the Garlic chicken recipe.

    Where have you mentioned when to add the chilli garlic paste. I can’t find it.
    Thanks.

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      June 20, 2018

      Hi Anil,
      You are welcome.
      Chicken is marinated with the chilli garlic sauce or paste. I have mentioned this in step 4. Hope this helps

      Reply
      • Anil Kondath says

        June 28, 2018

        Hi Swasthi,

        Thanks for the reply.
        So as I understand, take the marinated chicken from the fridge and then “Drain up the buttermilk” means from the marinated chicken and then add the sauce to the chicken and again keep for few hours. Right?

        Regards
        Anil

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        • swasthi says

          June 28, 2018

          Yes you are right.

          Reply
  10. Shanta says

    March 15, 2018

    5 stars
    I tried chicken65 and chicken korma. My family loved it every time I make it. They turned out just delicious.Thank you for sharing such easy to make restaurant style recipes.

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      March 16, 2018

      Welcome Shanta
      Thanks for trying. Glad to know the recipes came out good.

      Reply
  11. Charu says

    October 18, 2017

    4 stars
    I tried this and it worked very well. I put more garlic paste and also added some red capsicum because the amount was too less for my mixer. Subbed honey for sugar. I added the remaining curd as well as I felt guilty for throwing it. Really good recipe, deceptively delicious for something so simple.

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      October 19, 2017

      Thanks for trying Charu. Addition of capsicum sounds good. Will try it soon

      Reply
  12. kisolo Rogers says

    September 11, 2017

    5 stars
    l normally make my chicken curry with borne is there any problem?

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      September 11, 2017

      Yes you can use bone-in-chicken, no problem. Make sure you cook it completely.

      Reply
  13. sudha seth says

    June 1, 2017

    5 stars
    i am a vegetarian but cook non veg for my family so not very much aware about the meat parts s, can u kindly explain me which part of chicken is called “chicken strips?

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      June 1, 2017

      Hi Sudha
      I appreciate you. Chicken strips are boneless chicken meat just sliced to thin strips. They can be from any part, but they are boneless tender meat which gets cooked very very fast. Sometimes I buy these as they are available in small packs say about 200 grams and they are easy to use. Just wash and use, no cleaning. Strips are good for preparing appetizers only

      Reply
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  15. Ranjita says

    May 7, 2017

    5 stars
    I love ur recipes..I have tried many of them n they r simply wowww!!! Thank u so much for sharing ur recipes.

    Reply
  16. Ved says

    April 14, 2017

    5 stars
    Hi, loved this recipe. One request ? Could you please send me Lemon Chicken Recipe as well.

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      April 19, 2017

      Thanks Ved
      You can find the recipe of lemon chicken here.

      Reply
  17. payal shetty says

    November 13, 2016

    5 stars
    I have tried most of the recipes and love them
    Can you please make phirni and post the recipe I have tried it but failed

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      November 15, 2016

      Thanks for trying Payal
      Yes I will share phirni recipe

      Reply
  18. nabanita biswas says

    October 6, 2016

    5 stars
    its awesome. can u ppl mail me the daily recepies of chicken?

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      October 6, 2016

      Hi Nabanita
      Thank you. We don’t post chicken recipes daily. Most of them are not notified by mail You can check the non-veg section every week for new recipes.

      Reply
  19. Sonu says

    July 23, 2016

    5 stars
    good

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      July 26, 2016

      Thanks sonu

      Reply
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  21. Majid Ali says

    July 17, 2016

    Chicken changaji

    Reply
  22. Meenu nandy says

    May 11, 2016

    I am waiting for your different types of Chetton chicken with salad,

    Reply
  23. mynk says

    March 3, 2016

    please mention the amount of oil, i must fry these chicken strips..

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      March 3, 2016

      Hi Mynk
      It is mentioned in the recipe card. 2 tbsp

      Reply
      • mynk says

        March 3, 2016

        hehe..sry for dumb mistake.. nd is that really written 5 clove with 5 garlic..?

        Reply
        • swasthi says

          March 4, 2016

          Hi Mynk,
          Those are garlic cloves meaning one part/ section of a whole garlic. We need 5 such garlic cloves.
          🙂

          Reply
          • mynk says

            March 4, 2016

            ty chef.. . :*

  24. zahoor says

    February 29, 2016

    Delicious dishes like like most.

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      February 29, 2016

      Thanks Zahoor

      Reply
  25. Vivek reddy says

    February 18, 2016

    You said to soak it in the buttermilk for 6 hours to over night. Once you drain the buttermilk do you have to wash the chicken before adding the garlic mixture?

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      February 19, 2016

      No, we don’t need to wash. But drain completely

      Reply
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