How to Cook Appetizing Dragon Chicken

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Dragon Chicken. The Dong Tao chicken, otherwise known as the dragon chicken, is an "exceedingly unusual and rare" with notably large and scaly feet, according to the blog Domestic Forest. Dong Tao chicken (Vietnamese: gà Đông Tảo), also called Dragon Chicken, is a rare Vietnamese chicken breed with enlarged feet, that originates from the village Đông Tảo in Khoái Châu District near Hanoi. Dong Tao chickens are valued as a delicacy in Vietnam.

Dragon Chicken is a mildly spicy recipe of chicken that is marinated in a wonderful collection of flavors.

The chicken lightly fried and simmered in a spicy tangy sauce with cashew nuts that imbues the entire dish with loads of flavor.

Dragon Chicken is one kick-ass chicken dish, that you will fall in love with the moment you try it.

You can cook Dragon Chicken using 24 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Dragon Chicken

1. You need of Boneless Chicken Breast - 500 grams(cut into thin strips).

2. Prepare of Oil for Deep frying.

3. Prepare of For Marination:.

4. It’s 2 of tsps Soya Sauce.

5. Prepare 1 tbsp of Red Chilli crushed.

6. You need 1 of Egg.

7. It’s 1/2 cup of All-purpose Flour / Maida.

8. You need 1/4 cup of Corn Flour / Corn Starch.

9. Prepare 1 tbsp of Ginger Garlic Paste.

10. Prepare to taste of Salt.

11. Prepare 1 tsp of black Pepper.

12. You need 2 tbsp of Oil.

13. You need of Ajinomoto - 1 tsp (optional).

14. You need of For Sauce:.

15. It’s 3 of Dry Red Chilli.

16. You need 4 tbsps of Crushed Cashews.

17. Prepare of Onion - 1 large finely chopped.

18. You need 1 tbsp of Ginger Garlic Paste.

19. Prepare 1 tbsp of Red Chilli crushed.

20. You need of Soya sauce - 1 tbsp or to taste.

21. It’s 1/4 cup of Tomato Ketchup.

22. It’s to taste of Salt.

23. You need 2 tsp of Sugar.

24. You need of Ajinomoto /Msg - 1 tsp (optional).

It is a classic fried chicken-in-sauce kinda recipe, similar to the Asian Spicy Meatballs I did the other day.

Although it does have chili oil in it, its surprisingly medium on the heat scale and has a more sweet after-taste.

In frying pan,add oil and marinated chicken, fry until crispy and golden brown,set aside.

For Sauce: In wok,add oil,red chili crushed,garlic, ginger and sauté until golden.

Dragon Chicken step by step

1. Take chicken in a bowl and add all the marination ingredients. Mix well and let it marinate for 15 mins..

2. Now heat some oil for deepfrying. When the oil is hot drop the chicken in oil and fry till golden. Drain and set aside..

3. Now heat oil in a frying pan. Add in dry red chilli and cashews and fry till the cashew turn golden brown.

4. Now add in onions and light brown it in the oil.

5. Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.

6. Now add in red chilli crushed, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, salt, ajinomoto, sugar and mix well.

7. Cook this for a couple of mins till the water evaporates and sauce thickens.

8. Now add in the fried chicken and toss well in the sauce. Decor it as you want and serve with fried rice.

The Dong Tao "Dragon" Chicken, once bred in Viet Nam only for royalty.

These dragon chickens are among the world's most expensive poultry as their massive thighs are a delicacy in Vietnam.

Dragon chicken is the perfect example of Indo-Chinese cuisine as it combines the spiciness of Indian cooking with the 'umami'- a predominant flavor of the Chinese culinary method.

It can be easily made at home and is an ideal dish for a simple weeknight dinner.

Infact this name "dragon chicken", i heard first only a few months ago.so during our last trip to india, in our hometown (Muvattupuzha) We went to one restaurant named ''kabani'', and there I saw this in the menu. so much curious about the name, I ordered this as a starter.and there it came, the lovely chunks of chicken with.