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    Chicken Manchurian Dry

    Published: Mar 31, 2021 · Modified: Jul 2, 2023 by Hinz

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    Here is an easy restaurant style Chicken Manchurian dry recipe that you can quickly serve with garlic butter fried rice. It's an Indo Chinese food prepared with marinated fried chicken chunks tossed in a hot and sour velvety Manchurian Sauce with diced onion and bell peppers.

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    Chicken Manchurian

    Looking for easy dinner recipes?  Check out my, Chicken with Garlic Sauce Chinese, Tandoori Chicken, Chicken Tikka Masala, Turmeric Rice. You will surely love these recipes to add value to your dinner table. If you like Chicken Manchurian then you must like Paneer Manchurian, Gobi Manchurian, Veg Manchurian along with it.

    Jump to:
    • What is Chicken Manchurian Dry?
    • Why This Recipe Works?
    • Manchurian Sauce
    • Easy Tips
    • Ingredients
    • How To Make Chicken Manchurian Dry
    • Chicken Manchurian Dry [Video]
    • Q & A
    • Indo Chinese Ideas
    • Chicken Manchurian Dry Recipe

    Simple and easy Chicken Manchurian recipe Pakistani and Indian that you can make dry or with gravy. Don't go to restaurant, make at home and serve with egg fried rice.

    What is Chicken Manchurian Dry?

    The Ultimate Taste of Indo-Chinese Food

    It's an adaptation of Chinese food but purely made in Indian style by adding Indian flavor. You need a deep wok to cook chicken on high heat and then make a velvety or sticky sauce to add deep-fried chicken chunks and sauteed onions and capsicum. Best recipe of chicken manchurian with invite you with delectable aroma and each bite of chicken with manchurian sauce will just just melt in your mouth. The recipe is not only popular in India but also in Pakistan and Bangladesh and people love to have restaurant-style Manchurian with egg or chicken fried rice.

    Who Invented This Recipe?

    If you are curious to know the origin of this recipe, here I'd like to share the Chinese chef Nelson Wang (Calcutta born) derived this idea to create a food fusion of Indian and Chinese flavors.

    The recipe of chicken Manchurian has so many variations as every chef makes it in their own style until or unless the taste is not compromised. The sweet and sour taste of chicken Manchurian with fried chicken makes it extremely delicious. The restaurant-style sizzling serving of Manchurian dry is enough to tempt to everyone.

    Why This Recipe Works?

    In Indo-Chinese recipes, I personally love this combination as it's most suited for every Indian and Chinese taste bud. My son loves chicken with sweet and sour flavor so I make it for him. If you have kids at home they must like this recipe.

    I have tried the Chicken Manchurian recipe in so many different ways. In fact, every time I make it, I try to add variations but this recipe is the most classy in terms of taste and super easy to make in the home kitchen. Chinese Master chef John Zhang's recipe is the perfect blend of Indian and Chinese Manchurian.

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    Chicken Manchurian Dry

    Manchurian Sauce

    Gravy Or Dry?

    Mostly people like to have chicken in gravy (sauce). So if you have two options to make this recipe.

    1. Chicken Manchurian Gravy: If you want to have your Manchurian with gravy or with a lot of sauce then you can add slurry (Make a paste of cornstarch with water) and add it in your Manchurian until it starts to get bubbly and thick. You can manage the desired consistency of gravy according to your taste.
    2. How to Make Chicken Manchurian Dry: Don't add slurry (Corn flour paste) and simply toss the crispy fried chicken in hot and sour sauce. If adding slurry then make a thick sauce to cover the chicken.

    Easy Tips

    1. Don't make a thick layer of cornstarch on the chicken otherwise, it will be soggy in sauce. Just a thin layer so the chicken fry with a crispy and crunchy texture.
    2. Don't fry chicken to get golden brown color. It needs to be slightly brown in color to get the perfect taste in the sauce.
    3. Freshly grated garlic creates a perfect taste and aroma so avoid using garlic paste.
    4. Use purple onion (Indian onion) rather using white onion.
    5. Cut the veggies in uniform style so the dish looks more tempting in terms of presentation.
    6. Soya sauce is salty in taste so monitor the salt quantity.
    7. White vinegar in sauce creates a perfect taste rather than using lemon juice or apple cider.
    8. Roasted sesame and spring onion make perfect garnishing.
    how to make chicken manchurian
    Chicken Manchurian Recipe

    Ingredients

    Egg White + Corn Flour + Salt = Makes the perfect coating for chicken.
    Cooking Oil - To deep fry the chicken in a light golden brown color.
    Oil + Grated Garlic = Makes the perfect combination for sauteing veggies.
    Bell peppers, onion, and carrots - Veggies to add in Manchurian
    Dark Soya Sauce, Oyster Sauce, White Vinegar, and Brown Sugar - Create a mouthwatering taste of sauce.
    Salt and Peppers - For seasoning.
    Roasted Sesame - to make the tempting garnish.

    How To Make Chicken Manchurian Dry

    Well, it's so simple and easy to make "Chicken Manchurian Recipe" at home and you will have the same flavor that you get in restaurants.

    Preparation of Crispy Fried Chicken: Making is so simple and easy, first, beat egg white and add cornstarch to make a smooth paste. Now add chicken pieces to paste and coat well. Deep fry the chicken to get light golden brown color.

    Preparation of Sauce: In a separate pan, heat up oil and saute grated garlic for few seconds. Add veggies and pan-fried it for few seconds. Don't cook the veggies too long. Now add salt and pepper, dark soya sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, and brown sugar, and give it a good mix.

    Assembling: Add fried chicken in sauce. Cook on high heat until everything gets to blend in the sauce. Garnish with roasted sesame.

    Why I Used Brown Sugar?

    Because the caramelization process of sugar makes a perfect velvety sauce texture and improves the taste. It's not to make the dish sweet but to enhance the flavor of dish.

    How to Make Chicken Manchurian
    How to Make Chicken Manchurian

    Chicken Manchurian Dry [Video]

    It's easy to watch the recipe of chicken Manchurian dry in this video. If you are trying first time then it will help to follow quick and easy steps. It will give you the same flavor as you eat in restaurants.

    Chicken Manchurian Dry [Video]

    Q & A

    What's the difference of chicken manchurian and chili chicken?

    If you will see the chicken manchurian dry then you will have the same vibe of chili chicken but both are different in terms of making, taste and aroma. Chili chicken is hot and spicy, tangy, amalgamate with sweet and sour flavor. Manchurian is mild spicy flavor with much more sweetness. You can make both with gravy or dry.

    What are the recipe ideas to make with manchurian?

    You can make Chicken manchurian fried rice, hakka noodles, or try the same with other types of pasta. I never tried but few of my friends have made chicken manchurian biryani. In the same way, you can use the same recipe to make gobi manchurian, broccoli manchurian or try with cabbage. In meat, try with fish (salmon).

    Is Manchurian Indian or Chinese?

    It's purely Indian recipe. Adaptation with Chinese ingredients like soy sauce and aginomoto. Making gravy with slurry is the cooking method of Chinese chefs. In most of the American states, especially in North America the recipe is treated as fusion or adapted version of Chinese and Indian.

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    Chicken Manchurian Dry Recipe

    Here is an easy restaurant style Chicken Manchurian dry recipe that you can quickly serve with garlic butter fried rice. It's an Indo Chinese food prepared with marinated fried chicken chunks tossed in a hot and sour velvety Manchurian Sauce with diced onion and bell peppers.
    Course Appetizer, Side Dish
    Cuisine Chinese, Indian, Pakistani
    Keyword chicken manchurian, chicken manchurian dry
    Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time 30 minutes minutes
    Servings 2 Persons
    Calories 750kcal
    Author Hinz

    Ingredients

    • 200 g Chicken breasts Boneless and skinless
    • ½ cup Green bell pepper
    • ½ cup Red bell pepper
    • ½ cup Purple Onion (Indian)
    • ½ cup Carrots
    • 1 teaspoon Grated Garlic
    • 1 Egg White
    • 1 tbps Corn Starch
    • ½ teaspoon Salt
    • ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
    • 1 teaspoon Dark Soya Sauce
    • 1 teaspoon White Vinegar
    • 1 teaspoon Oyster Sauce
    • 1 teaspoon Brown Sugar
    • ½ cup Veg Stock optional
    • Roasted Sesame for garnish

    Instructions

    Prepare Crispy Fried Chicken Pieces

    • In a blow, add egg white, salt and beat well.
    • Now add cornstarch and make a fine paste.
    • Add boneless chicken pieces in paste and perfect coat.
    • Now deep fry the chicken pieces until it gets a slightly golden brown color.

    Preparation of Manchurian Sauce

    • Heat up the pan, add oil and grated garlic and saute for few seconds until the garlic becomes aromatic and starts to change color.
    • Now add bell peppers, onion, and carrot.
    • Saute for few seconds.
    • Add dark soya sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, salt, and peppers.
    • Add veg stock or water and mix well.

    Assemble Fried Chicken and Sauce

    • Now add fried chicken and give it a good toss.
    • Cook for few minutes without covering until everything is nice and blended in a hot and sour sauce.
    • Chicken Manchurian is ready to eat!
    • Dish it out on a sizzling dish and garnish with sesame and spring onion.
    • Serve it with rice or noodles.

    Video

    Notes

    • Avoid slurry to make Manchurian dry recipe.
    • If you want to make Chicken Manchurian with gravy, add slurry (Cornstarch paste) and cook on high heat to get desired gravy thickness.
    • Don't cook for too long otherwise, the veggies will be blended in curry. 
    • Avoid using cornstarch paste (slurry) if you want to have chicken Manchurian dry!
    • Don't use too much cornstarch to coat chicken. Lightly coated chicken makes better taste in sauce otherwise the chicken will become soggy in sauce. 
    • Fry chicken to get the light golden brown color to get perfect taste in the sauce.
    • Freshly grated garlic creates a perfect taste and aroma so avoid using garlic paste.
    • Use purple onion (Indian onion) rather using white onion.
    • Cut the veggies in uniform style so the dish looks more tempting in terms of presentation.
      Soya sauce is salty in taste so monitor the salt quantity.
      White vinegar in sauce creates a perfect taste rather than using lemon juice or apple cider.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 750kcal

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    1. Hinz

      March 31, 2021 at 3:47 pm

      5 stars
      Quick and easy 'Chicken Manchurian' recipe to make at home. It's a most popular Indo Chinese food that people love to eat in restaurants.

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