Chicken Manchurian Recipe (Gravy Kolkata-Style)
Madhushree Dutta
Easy recipe to make delicious Chicken Manchurian at home. Simple ingredients, instructions, and equipment to cook Kolkata-style Chicken Manchurian.
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr
Course Main Course
Cuisine Bengali, Chinese, Indian
1 Induction Cooktop
1 Kadhai
- 500 g Chicken boneless
- 1½ tsp Ginger paste
- 1½ tsp Ginger finely chopped
- 1½ tsp Garlic paste
- 1½ tbsp Garlic chopped
- 1 tsp Black pepper
- 1 Egg
- 4 tbsp Corn starch
- 2 tbsp All-Purpose Flour
- 3 Green Chili paste
- ½ cup Chicken Stock or water
- 2 tbsp Soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Red Chili sauce
- 2 tbsp Schezwan sauce
- 2 tsp Green Chili sauce
- 1 Bell pepper or Capsicum
- 2 tbsp Spring onions thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp Chives optional
- Salt to taste
- Vegetable oil
Chop the chicken
First, wash the chicken and then chop it finely.
Next, transfer it into a bowl.
Marinate the chicken
Add ginger paste, garlic paste, green chili paste, black pepper, and salt to taste.
Mix all of them nicely.
Now, crack an egg into the bowl.
Add the cornstarch and all-purpose flour.
Combine all the components nicely.
Set them aside for around an hour.
Prepare the veggies
In the meantime, wash the bell pepper, spring onions, and chives (optional).
Dice the bell pepper, thinly slice the spring onions and chop the chop into small pieces.
Keep them aside.
Fry the chicken balls
After that, when the chicken is marinated well, take a kadhai or a deep-frying pan and pour some oil.
Let the oil heat until it smokes a little.
Scoop out (can use your fingers, a tbsp, or a scoop) a small portion of the marinated minced chicken and put them gently in the oil.
Fry the chicken balls from all sides until golden brown.
Fry them in batches.
Now, when they are done, transfer them to a kitchen tissue-covered plate. This will soak off the excess oil.
Fry the veggies
Now take a skillet or a pan and add some oil. Let it heat on medium flame.
When the oil is hot, add the finely chopped ginger and garlic.
Fry them until a bit golden and then add the diced bell peppers.
Prepare the gravy
Stir them for a minute and then add in the chicken stock or water in the skillet.
Stir them well.
Sprinkle the black pepper on it.
In a bowl take 2 tbsp of water, schezwan sauce, red chili sauce, green chili sauce, soy sauce, and 2 tsp corn starch.
Mix them nicely and then pour the mixture into the pan or skillet.
Combine all of them together. (If you want you can add some tomato sauce).
Stir them for 2 minutes.
Add the fried chicken balls
When the gravy starts to thicken a bit, add in the chicken balls. Keep the flame on medium.
Check the salt. If needed add salt to taste.
Scrape from all the sides and mix them nicely.
When the gravy reaches your desired consistency, add in the spring onions.
Give them a final mix and transfer them into a bowl.