April 23, 2025

Best Chicken Manchurian Recipe

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This is the best and easiest way to make Chicken Manchurian. You can make Chicken Manchurian with gravy or dry. Chicken Manchurian is basically a dish in which you take boneless chicken cut it in cubes or stripes, marinate it and them fry it. You can also make it a second method that is you shallow fry them directly without marinating. Then you make a spicy tangy sauce and add the chicken to it.

It is made in a variety of ways. Some people keep it a little gravy style while some make the sauce a bit dry and then toss the chicken in it. It is eaten with boiled rice or fried rice or can also be eaten with garlic rice.

Ingredients for Chicken Manchurian:

Oil 3-4 tbsp
Garlic 3 cloves
Chicken 1 cup
Onion 1 medium size
Green onion 1
Tomatoes paste 1/3 cup
Capsicum 1/2 cup
Ketchup 1/2 cup
Soy sauce 1 tbsp
Chili sauce 2 tbsp
Crushed red chili 1 teaspoon
Salt as required
Black pepper 1 tbsp
Red chili powder 1/2 teaspoon
Water 1 cup
Green chilli 1
To thick: 2 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch + water till it becomes a paste.

Method To Make Chicken Manchurian

Step 1: Fry Garlic and Chicken

The first step is to add 2-3 tbsp of Oil in a pan. First add 3 cloves of chopped garlic and fry it until light brown. Then add a cup of boneless chicken or 1 boneless chicken breast which is cut in strips and fry it on low to medium flame till it is tender.

Then add the white part of green onions and fry it along with other ingredients.

Step 2: Add Tomato Paste along with other Ingredients

Now add 1/3 cup of tomato paste along with tomato ketchup, onion, green chillies chopped.

Then add Soy sauce 1 tbsp and Chili Sauce 2 tbsp.

Step 3: Add Spices to Chicken Manchurian

Now add salt 1 teaspoon ( add 1/2 teaspoon first because soy sauce is also salty) red chili powder 1/2 teaspoon, Crushed red chili 1 teaspoon and black pepper 1 tbsp.

Step 4: Add water and Capsicum

Now add 1 cup of water and 1/2 cup of capsicum. Cook until the sauce thickens. Keep the pan without lid and cook on medium flame.

Important: You can add corn flour slurry if you want it a little gravy. Just add 2 tbsp if Corn starch/Cornflour and add water in it till it becomes a slurry. Then add little by little and mix till you reach your desired consistency.