Indian Chicken Lollipop recipe
Chicken lollipops are spicy, garlicky and crisp in every bite
| PREP TIME | 1 h |
|---|---|
| COOK TIME | 25m |
| SERVES | 2 |
Ingredients:
6 full-size chicken wings
2 cups vegetable oil for frying or 500ml
For the marinade:
½ kg of chicken drumsticks
20 gms ginger, finely chopped
20 gms garlic, finely chopped
10 gms green chillies, chopped
½ tbsp ajinomoto
For the batter:
1 cup cornflour
1 tbsp white pepper
1 tbsp salt
½ tbsp food colour, optional
1 egg
1. Add all the marinade ingredients to a bowl and mix until fully combined, set aside.
2. Slice a full-size chicken wing into three parts along the joints. Discard the wing-tip (or you can save them for making chicken stock).
3. For the drummet (the upper, meaty, one-bone part of the wing), cut along the circumference of the thin end so that the bone and the meat are no longer connected. Then push down the meat so the drummet becomes a lollipop.
4. For the winglet (the middle, two-bone part of the wing), separate where the two bones join, and also cut along the circumferences of both ends, so the bone and the meat are no longer connected. Take out the thinner bone, and push down the meat into one end of the thinner bone.
5. Place the prepared chicken lollipops in the marinade. Stir and cover. Marinate in the fridge for at least one hour.
6. Mix all batter ingredients into a batter until smooth without any lumps.
7. Dip the meat end of the chicken lollipops into the batter.
8. In a medium-sized pot, heat the oil to 170 degrees Celsius or 340 degree Fahrenheit . Deep fry the chicken for 5 minutes or until the outer batter becomes golden brown and the chicken is cooked through.
Serve warm with ketchup, hot sauce and enjoy!
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