Chicken Pepper Fry: Spicy Indian Recipe

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oi-Anwesha Barari

By Anwesha Barari

Monday, August 1, 2011, 12:09

Chicken pepper fry recipe is an ideal starter recipe for the Indian palate. Chicken pepper fry is a spicy Indian chicken recipe that will make your eyes water with its stinging taste. It is an easy chicken recipe that can be prepared in minutes and if you have a preference for spicy food, then this a chicken recipe you must try.

Chicken pepper fry recipe is famous for its tantalizing taste so try it only if you are a lover of spicy Indian chicken recipes. Chicken pepper fry is a very easy chicken recipe but may not be suitable to everyone's tastes. This spicy Indian chicken recipe makes a great appetizer for your house guests. The main flavor in the Chicken pepper fry recipe is obviously 'pepper'. However, the subsidiary spices in Chicken pepper fry like curry leaves, dried red chillies, green chillies are equally if not more important to add the 'Indian' factor to the dish. Pepper is a spice that makes for good spicy flavoring but on its own it will make this easy chicken recipe monotonous. The variety in the dish is brought in by the accompanying spices and thus they are vital for achieving that perfect taste.

Ingredients for Chicken Pepper Fry Recipe:
1. Boneless chicken 8 to 10 pieces (small size)
2. Peppercorns 10-12
3. Ground pepper 4 tablespoons
4. Green chillies 5 (sliced)
5. Dried red chillies 3-4
6. Curry leaves 8-10
7. Onions 2 (1 finely sliced and the other paste)
8. Ginger Garlic paste 2 tablespoon
9. Vinegar 2 tablespoons
10. Oil 2 tablespoons
11. Salt to taste

Procedure for Chicken Pepper Fry Recipe:

• Marinate the chicken with vinegar, onion paste and ginger garlic paste. Add some salt and I tablespoon of ground pepper to it and leave it for half an hour.
• Heat oil in a shallow pan and when it is piping hot add the pepper corns, dried red chillies, green chillies, the remaining ground pepper and curry leaves in this order.
• After this 'tadka' add the sliced onions and saute them until they turn golden brown.
• Now add the marinated chicken with the marinade and saute it for 5 minutes on each side.
• You can cover and cook the chicken because you won't be adding any water. This a dry chicken recipe and thus so water can be added to soften the chicken.
• The small chicken pieces will cook in the steam created by covering the pan and cooking for 10 minutes.

Your Chicken pepper fry is ready to serve. You can garnish it with parsley or chopped onions. It goes very well with cocktails and other soft drinks. You can also serve it with Raita to temper the stinging spices of this dish.