Description
Spicy Dragon Chicken is a fiery Indo-Chinese restaurant-style recipe featuring crispy fried chicken strips tossed in a bold, sweet, spicy, and tangy dragon sauce. Ready in about 30 minutes, this crowd-pleasing dish works perfectly as an appetizer or main course.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Chicken
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- 1 egg white
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
For Frying
- Vegetable oil for frying
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
For the Dragon Sauce
- 2 tbsp garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp ginger, minced
- 2–3 dried red chilies or red chili flakes
- ½ cup tomato ketchup
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp chili garlic sauce
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 tbsp sugar or honey
- ¼ cup water
Garnish
- Sliced green onions
- Toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Mix chicken with egg white, cornstarch, salt, and black pepper and marinate 10–15 minutes.
- Heat oil to 350–375°F and fry chicken in batches until golden and crispy.
- Drain fried chicken on paper towels.
- Heat sesame oil in a skillet and sauté garlic, ginger, and dried chilies until fragrant.
- Add ketchup, soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, vinegar, sugar, and water and simmer 2–3 minutes.
- Add fried chicken to the sauce and toss until evenly coated.
- Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds and serve immediately.
Notes
Serve immediately for maximum crispiness. Avoid overcrowding the pan while frying and keep oil temperature consistent.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Frying & Stir-Frying
- Cuisine: Indo-Chinese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 428
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 1569mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 19g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 32g
- Cholesterol: 110mg
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