Recipe: Perfect 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 have Dragon Chicken using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Dragon Chicken

1. Prepare Marinade of For.

2. You need 500 gms of chicken Boneless.

3. You need 1 tbsp of Ginger garlic paste.

4. You need 1 tsp of chili sauce Hot.

5. You need 1 tsp of Soy sauce.

6. You need 1 of Egg.

7. It’s 1/4 cup of Cornflour.

8. You need to taste of Salt.

9. Prepare 1 tsp of Black pepper (crushed).

10. It’s of Sauce For.

11. It’s 2 of Red onion small  (chopped).

12. It’s 1 tbsp of Garlic (chopped).

13. You need 1 tsps of Kashmiri chili powder.

14. You need 1 tsp of Honey.

15. Prepare 1 tsp of Soya sauce.

16. It’s 3 tbsps of Tomato sauce.

17. Prepare 1 tsp of chili sauce Hot.

18. Prepare handful of Garlic chives.

19. It’s handful of Cashewnuts (chopped).

20. Prepare of Oil for deep frying.

21. It’s 2 tbsps of Sesame oil.

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 instructions

1. To a bowl add the ingredients mentioned for the marinade, mix well and marinate the chicken for at least 1 hour..

2. Heat up oil and deep fry the marinated chicken. Fry till golden brown.  Drain off excess oil by placing on absorbent paper..

3. Heat another pan and add sesame oil. Saute the ginger garlic paste till raw smell disappears. Then add onions and sauté till it becomes translucent..

4. Now, reduce heat and add chilli powder. Stir for a few seconds and then add soy sauce, tomato sauce and honey..

5. Finally, add the fried chicken along with cashewnuts. Mix well till the chicken is well coated with sauted mixture. Garnish with chives or spring onions..

6. Switch off heat after a couple of minutes. 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.