Chicken Lollipop Recipe
Better than restaurant chicken lollipop where chicken drumettes are marinated with spices and fried or baked. Lastly tossed in a spicy sweet and tangy finger licking sauce.
© Swasthi's Recipes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- ½ kg chicken drummettes (or 1 lb)
- oil as needed for frying
marination
- 1 ¼ tablespoon Ginger garlic paste or mince or ½ tsp each of powder
- ¼ to ½ red chili powder or paprika (adjust) or red chili sauce
- ½ teaspoon any spice powder or garam masala
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoon cornstarch (white corn flour) or (2 tbsp rice flour)
seasoning for chicken lollipop
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- ¾ tablespoon ginger minced
- ¾ tablespoon garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon soya sauce
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 tablespoon red chili sauce or red chilli paste or any hot sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup water
garnishing (optional)
- 2 tablespoon chopped celery or spring onions
Instructions
Preparation
- This section is optional but will tenderize the chicken & keeps it juicy.
- Add 3 to 4 tbsp yogurt to a bowl, whisk it.
- Then pour 1 ¼ cup water and salt.
- Transfer the chicken and brine for 1 hour to overnight to tenderize the chicken.
Frying or grilling chicken
- Drain off the buttermilk and add chili powder, ginger garlic, spice powder & salt.
- Rub these well and then sprinkle corn flour. Coat the chicken well.
- Heat oil until hot enough.
- Then fry the chicken on a medium heat until crisp and golden.
- Remove to kitchen tissues.
- Alternately you can grill then in a preheated oven at 220 C for 20 to 22 mins until cooked through.
How to make chicken lollipop
- Add 1½ tsp oil to a pan for seasoning and heat it.
- Saute ginger garlic until aromatic. Add onions & fry until transparent.
- Stir in red chili sauce, sugar, vinegar and soya sauce.
- When the sauce begins to bubble pour water and stir.
- Taste and check the salt, sweet, sour & spice.
- Add more if needed. Cook until the sauce thickens.
- Add the fried chicken. Toss them well to coat the sauce.
- Garnish chicken lollipop with spring onions or celery.
Nutrition
Calories: 322kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 305mg | Potassium: 305mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1060IU | Vitamin C: 2.9mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1.2mg
