Dragon Chicken Recipe - Restaurant Style Dish - Yummy Tummy (2024)

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Dragon chicken made restaurant style in which chicken is fried till crispy and tossed in spicy sauce with dry red chillies and cashews. This dish is a family favorite just like my schezwan chicken.

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1.Dragon Chicken Recipe

2.About Dragon Chicken

3.Indo-chinese cooking basics

4.How to make dragon chicken at home

5.📖 Recipe Card

6.Restaurant Style Dragon Chicken Recipe

7.How to make Dragon Chicken with Pictures

Dragon Chicken Recipe

I tasted this in a restaurant called as lynns. It is to die for, tasted so heavenly. As I was enjoying it, I tried to identify some of the ingredients which they have added in it. And the next day I tried dragon chicken. And to my surprise it turned out so yummy.

The chilli paste which I used here is freshly made in my best mixer grinder. That added a nice spicy kick to the whole dish. You can grind it coarse or fine as you like.

I made singapore veg fried rice the same day and served it with that. Will surely share that recipe soon. The taste of this comes from the crispy cashews, so add a good amount of it.

About Dragon Chicken

Dragon chicken is a popular fusion indo-chinese dish which was invented recently. It is a dish in which chicken in cut into thin strips which are coated in a batter and fried till crispy texuture and coated in a sauce is made with chillies, soy sauce, ginger and garlic.

Addition of whole red chillies and cashews add a good texture to the chicken dish. This is a dry dish usually served with soups like chicken clear soup and

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Indo-chinese cooking basics

Always stock up on sauces if you love cooking chinese at home. Some of the basic sauces includes soy sauce, red chilli garlic sauce, vinegar, dark soy sauce and green chilli sauce. If you want you can stock on occasionally used sauces like oyster sauce, rice vinegar, sweet chilli sauce.

Always have good supply of the chinese trio of vegetables ginger, garlic and spring onions which is called as Aromatics in chinese cooking.

How to make dragon chicken at home

Dragon chicken is a easy recipe to try at home. You need few indo chinese sauces and fresh ingredients.

  • Take chicken in a bowl and add all the marination ingredients. Mix well and let it marinate for 15 mins. Now heat some oil for deepfrying. When the oil is hot drop the chicken in oil and fry till golden. Drain and set aside.
  • Now heat oil in a frying pan. Add in dry red chilli and cashews and fry till the cashew turn golden brown.
  • Now add in onions and bell peppers and toss well in the oil.
  • Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
  • Now add in red chilli paste, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, salt, ajinomoto, sugar and mix well.
  • Cook this for a couple of mins till the water evaporates and sauce thickens.
  • Now add in the fried chicken and toss well in the sauce. Add in chopped coriander or spring onion and mix well.
  • Serve hot

So try this recipe and let me know how it turned out for you.

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Restaurant Style Dragon Chicken Recipe

Dragon chicken made restaurant style. Dragon chicken recipe with step by step pictures. Super delicious and so spicy.

4.45 from 49 votes

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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 640kcal

Author: Aarthi

Ingredients

  • 500 grams Boneless Chicken Breast cut into thin strips
  • Coriander leaves or Spring Onion for garnishing finely chopped
  • Oil for Deep frying

For Marination:

  • 2 tsp Dark Soy Sauce
  • 2 tbsp Chilli garlic paste
  • 1 Egg
  • ½ cup All Purpose Flour / Maida
  • ¼ cup Corn Flour / Corn Starch
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp Pepper
  • ¼ tsp Ajinomoto / Msg optional

For Sauce:

  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • 3 no Dry Red Chilli
  • 2 tbsp Cashews
  • 1 large Onion sliced thinly
  • 1 large Capsicum / Bell Peppers sliced thinly
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 1 tbsp Chilli garlic paste
  • 2 tsp Dark Soy sauce
  • ¼ cup Tomato Ketchup
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ tsp Ajinomoto / Msg optional
  • 2 tsp Sugar

Instructions

  • Take chicken in a bowl and add all the marination ingredients. Mix well and let it marinate for 15 mins. Now heat some oil for deepfrying. When the oil is hot drop the chicken in oil and fry till golden. Drain and set aside.

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

  • Now add in onions and bell peppers and toss well in the oil.

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

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

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

  • Now add in the fried chicken and toss well in the sauce. Add in chopped coriander or springonion and mix well.

  • Serve hot.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 640kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 18g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 121mg | Sodium: 477mg | Potassium: 1014mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 336IU | Vitamin C: 39mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 5mg

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How to make Dragon Chicken with Pictures

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Take all your ingredients
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Cut chicken into thin strips
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Add in salt and pepper (and ajinomoto if using)
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soy sauce
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red chilli paste
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add in ginger garlic paste
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crack open an egg
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cornflour and all purpose flour
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mix well and let it marinate
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heat oil for deep frying
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drop chicken in hot oil
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fry till golden
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drain
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set aside till use
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heat oil in a frying pan
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add in cashews and dry red chilli
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sliced onions and capsicum
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saute till translucent
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ginger garlic paste
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saute till light golden
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red chilli paste
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pour in tomato ketchup
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add in soy sauce
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now goes, some salt, sugar and ajinomoto (if using)
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mix well
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cook till the sauce thickens
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add the fried chicken
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toss well in the masala
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add in coriander leaves
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serve

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About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Dipti Joshi

    Really awesome starter. Love the bright red color you have got.

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  2. Venisri Senthan

    Used to have this chicken dish in a restaurant here. Really spicy and delicious. Yours look exactly the same dear...wow!!!

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  3. chhavi kusum

    This looks really yummy!!! I sm going to be trying it pretty soon!!!

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  4. Anonymous

    Your recipes are very yummy ! What is red chilli paste and where can it be purchased ?

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    • Ashlee

      20 tbs cashews? Is that correct??

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      • Aarthi

        It is 2 tbsp of cashews. Sorry it is a typo

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  5. Hamaree Rasoi

    Simply awesome and tempting looking dragon chicken. Wonderfully prepared.
    Deepa

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  6. Aarthi

    @AnonymousRed Chilli Paste is nothing but, dry red chillies soaked in hot water for 10 mins. Then drain it and grind it to a paste

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    • Anonymous

      Should we have to remove the seed of dried red chilli before grinding it ?

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  7. Anonymous

    Thank you for the reply! Im gonna make this tomorrow with your garlic noodles and fried rice recipe !

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  8. Sumathi Thirumugam

    An awesome Recipe..
    Tried a dish with Chicken for the first time and came out very well..
    Thanks a lot..

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  9. Sudha G

    Wow...looks soo yummy ....gng to try this today ....,thanks for the recipe .....

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  10. Anonymous

    I tried this aarthi... It tasted awesome... Loved it.. Thank you dear.... SUMI

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  11. Anonymous

    Yum recipe..thnx for posting..!!

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  12. Anonymous

    Super..thank u 4 posting

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  13. Anonymous

    I have tried this several times super hit with my family. I of course go easy on the red chills as kids love this dish too!!

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  14. usha

    Awesome recipe ..tasted very good..thanks..

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  15. Anudath Brahmadathan

    Good recipe and well presented. I made it today and tasted so nice. Thank you

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  16. Anonymous

    Don't use msg in ur dishes pls it's not good for health

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    • ABK

      That’s actually a myth and rooted in racism. Something I learned from an Anthony Bourdain interview and confirmed with some research.

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  17. Anonymous

    You are doing a great job ! One small suggestion.
    Kindly change your yummy tummy logo. To something better than Piggie.

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  18. Filwakn

    Hey Aarthi... I made this with Singapore fried rice it turned out yummm.... My hubby loved it.... Grt. Combination.... Thanx for putting ur. Combinations too...

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  19. Anonymous

    good recipe aarthi...made it last Sunday ...it came out very good...the way you presented the dish is really colorful found some interesting points in your blog let me tell you point wise..
    1.step by step pictorial explanation
    2.showing almost all south Indian and Chinese recipes in one blog
    3.giving replies almost for all the doubts
    4. making me feel hungry by posting wonderful pics.

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  20. Prakrithi Dh

    i tried this...Everyone liked it..Thanks for the recipe...:)Hoping to try out more recipes..:)

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  21. Anonymous

    I like your recipe

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  22. sneha

    Awesome recipe..just tried it...turned out fantastic 🙂

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  23. Anonymous

    Thanks for this recipe what can I substitute ajinimoto with.. I really want to add something instead of that

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  24. Aarthi

    @Anonymousu can skip that. Add extra ginger and garlic

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  25. Abhijit Roy

    Aarthi, the recipe is awesome and magical. My wife and me prepared it and couldn't believe such a nice dish would come out. Our children also wowed! Thanks for your efforts.

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  26. Adila

    Tried this dish..turned out really well and my family loved it...shall make it when guests come visiting..thanks a lot for posting it.

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  27. P.P.Roy

    Fantastic dish Aarthi. The dish is really Yummy. Thanks for sharing this. Keep up all the good work.

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  28. Partha Roy

    Fantastic dish Aarthi. This is really Yummy and thanks for sahring this.

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  29. Swetha B

    ! Made just now really came out yummy especially my dad thank you for posting such wonderful recipes 🙂

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  30. Unknown

    Fabulous!!

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  31. laya shahin

    I tried toooo.....,its really super

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  32. karthigaa karthi

    I tried ur dragon chicken recipe it came out well me being a vegetarian and this was my first attempt to cook non veg dish...
    My husband just loved it...
    Thanks a lot.. now I can impress him more with non veg cooking too...

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  33. karthigaa karthi

    I tried ur dragon chicken recipe it came out well me being a vegetarian and this was my first attempt to cook non veg dish...
    My husband just loved it...
    Thanks a lot.. now I can impress him more with non veg cooking too...

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  34. Fouzia Nasir Ahmad

    It looked fab in your pictures but i was very sad when i did nt have enough sauce ...it was dry and i could only find taste here and there...i thought it have lots of sauce...

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  35. Anonymous

    P.S. Ajinamoto is cancerous to health. Modern chefs have discontinued & discarded the use of Ajinamoto in food.

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  36. Sapana V

    This is so mouth watering!! Got to try it!

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  37. RareEpiphany

    made a vegetarian version. it was wonderful!

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  38. Priya

    Hi, I tried this today, got wonderful
    appreciation from my darling Hubby...thanks to you as well for posting this yummy recepie...!!

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  39. Emily

    This looks spicy and amazing. Will add this to a must make list. Thanks

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  40. gulamabbas alarakhia

    DEAR AATHI,

    WAS GOIND THRU YOUR SITE UFF U HAVE SOME DELICIOUS STUFF..
    REGARDING THE ABOVE RECEIPE..HOW TO MAKE THE RED CHILLI PASTE PLEASE ADV THNX..

    SHABNAM

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  41. Anonymous

    hiii Aarthi , i have only tried your recipes and this is one of them. It was delicious . Thanks for this recipe

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  42. Anonymous

    DEAR AARTI...

    I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHILE PREPARING SAUCE CAN WE ADD WATER.

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  43. Aarthi

    @Anonymousdont add a lot, just a little is good

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  44. MADHU SHETTY

    I TRIED DRAGON CHICKEN THIS WEEKEND, IT WAS TOTALLY SUPER HIT, THANKS A LOT FOR SHARING WONDERFUL RECEIPES

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  45. Fathima Aafreen

    Hi Aarthi. This recipe looks absolutely wonderful! I wanted to know whether I can follow the same recipe for making Dragon Prawns, by substituting Chicken with Prawns or is there any separate recipe for that? Thanks in Advance .. 🙂

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    • Aarthi

      yes u can

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  46. apple bud Desk

    REALLY YUMMY......

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  47. k@shi$h

    Look fab and tempting i will.surely try.

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  48. Unknown

    Hai arathi.I prepared this for my family they really loved it. But I didn't get this red colour.And my hubby doesn't like capsicum so is there any other veg I can substitute

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  49. pavi

    mam, pls say substitute for tamato ketchup

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  50. Anonymous

    This is amazing! Have been looking for this recipe for a while and I'm so glad I landed here. Wonderful job Aarthi! Thanks for the amazing recipes.
    Also
    For the person who commented on MSG.this has been used in Chinese cooking for ages. There is enough scientific evidence that proves that in moderation (very little is used in cooking) it is not harmful. It's yet another Western myth.

    Once again. . Good going! !!

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  51. Lona

    Tried this reciepe today. Tasted awesome. Full family liked it a lot.. Thanks for the wonderful reciepe.

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  52. Unknown

    Tried this recipe. It came out good. Thank you Mrs.Aarthi.

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  53. Joseph M Joy

    Great recipe. Thank you very much

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  54. Fasee Khadz

    Superb! Dragon prawn also same method ah ?

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  55. Anonymous

    amazing receipe.. kindly avoid using ajinomotto.. it is really not good for health..

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  56. Rai

    Tried it
    Very Nice

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  57. Anonymous

    Arathi chechi I love u....by a small fan of yours....god bless u akka

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  58. Anonymous

    Looks amazing,thank u for the recipe..Will try it soon

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  59. Anonymous

    What is dry red Chilli paste? Or how can I make it?

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    • Aarthi

      Check this link
      https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2015/06/homemade-chilli-garlic-paste-recipe-how.html

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  60. Suriya

    Came out really well ! Good Recipe !! ^^

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  61. Steve

    Nice recipe. It is a little dry, liquid wise. I added some water just to have a little sauce. It did make the chicken coating soft, but still tasted great

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  62. Birthday party

    Nice Dish

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  63. Priya

    Hi Arthi,
    Looks mouth watering and going to try soon. Shall we make with chicken with bone. My hubby won’t like chicken breast.

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    • Aarthi

      yes u can

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  64. Mrs. Lura F. Butt

    I wanted to make a copy of this recipe, and try it. But there is nothing on your site to do this. Why?

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  65. Sam

    Why would you put MSG in your food?

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    • JT

      Why wouldn't you? Come on do some research, MSG is not bad for you. Just another myth.

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  66. Minahil adeel

    Hi! I tried this recipe and turned out yummy. One small thing. It was slightly drier than I wanted. What to add to make a bit of gravy ?
    I added more ketchup but that took it to the sweeter side

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  67. Trudy Ward

    We loved this! Thank you !

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  68. chiranjib Pradhan

    Very nicely explain thankyou

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    We have tried this recipe during lockdown period. Tastes so good. Fingerlicking...Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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  84. Bindu Chandrabose

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    This is really a fantastic recipe. Better than most restaurants, I think. I've been making it for a few years (review long overdue), it is pretty straightforward, and it never fails to get requests for the recipe. As an aside, I see my cousin has reviewed this with a five star rating as well (totally randomly/before I started making it, and he is not someone who usually cooks, hah!).

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  85. Dean

    Do you mean 2Tbs of cashews not 20?

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