Schezwan Chicken Lollipop

Today's recipe is an indo-chinese one, which I guess is the favorite of all of us...!!!
Yes , as the title says, it's Schezwan Chicken Lollipop. It is my most favorite dish among all Chinese dishes.

Me, being a Lollipop Lover, used to order it almost every week. Now because of Corona Lockdown, I feel it a bit risky to order any outside food. The crazy Lolipop lover in me then lost patience and started thinking why not prepare it at home on my own!! To the surprise, it came out super yummy, super tasty, no less than the restaurant made ones and the best part is it's very easy to prepare.

Crunchier outer covering and tender inside, this recipe is really very addictive and when it's homemade, the advantage for me is, I don't have to control at a point where it gets finished. 😋😋
 
So, today's recipe is Schezwan Chicken Lollipop. This recipe comes in 2-in-1 advantage, either you can have the fried lollipop or Schezwan sauce coated lollipop 😉 hai naaa double Bonanza 😜😜 Let's get started!!!

Please note that, if you don't have the lollipops at home, the same recipe can be tried using some boneless chicken pieces, cut lengthwise and the recipe would be names as "Schezwan Honey Chicken".

 Ingredients :

• Around 10-12 pcs Chicken Lollipop 
• 1/2 cup Maida 
• 1/4 cup Cornflour 
• Salt 
• 2 tsp Pepper Powder 
• 1 tsp Chilly Flakes 
• 1 tsp Kabab Powder (optional, I use it in place of food color, just to get a good color) 
• 1/2 tsp Red Chilly Sauce 
• 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste 
• 1 Egg - beaten Nicely 
• 2 tbsp Soya Sauce 
• 1 tbsp Vinegar 
• 1 tbsp finely chopped Garlic 
• 1 tbsp finely chopped Ginger 
• 1 Onion - finely chopped 
• 1 tsp finely chopped Green Chilly 
• 2 tbsp Tomato Ketchup 
• 2 tbsp Schezwan Sauce (if Schezwan Sauce is not available, add 1 tbsp chilly flakes with tomato ketchup) 
• 3 tbsp Honey 
• Chopped Coriander Leaves/Spring Onion 
• Oil for Deep Frying
  

Recipe Details :

✓ Wash the Lollipop pieces and keep aside after cleaning it well.

✓ In a big bowl, add Maida, cornflour, 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp Pepper Powder, kabab powder, chilly flakes, chilly sauce, egg, ginger garlic paste, 1/2 tsp Soya sauce, 1/2 tsp Vinegar. 

✓ Mix all the ingredients nicely. Add water little by little and keep Mixing to form a thick and pouring consistency batter.

✓ Now add all the Lollipop pieces to it and nicely coat the pieces with batter.  Keep them in fridge for an hour.

✓ After 1 hour, In a big bottomed kadai, heat oil.

✓ Once the Oil is hot, put the batter dipped chicken lollipop pieces one by one to the hot oil and deep fry them in low medium flame until they turn golden brown in color.

✓ Keep changing the sides in between and fry them for around 5-7 mins. The Lollipop pieces will turn Crispy now.

✓ Take them out on a tissue paper to absorb the extra oil and at this point the fry Lollipop pieces  can be served as an appetizer too along with ketchup 😉

✓ Now, it's time for my favorite Schezwan Sauce preparation.

✓ In a kadai, heat 2 tbsp oil. Add the chopped Ginger, Garlic, onion and Green Chilly to it. Fry in low flame for a minute.

✓ Keeping the flame low, add soya sauce, Schezwan Sauce, Tomato sauce to it. Mix well to make a nice sauce. Add a pinch of salt and vinegar and mix again.

 

✓ To this, sprinkle a little water so that the sauce gets nicely mixed. 

 

✓ Add honey and mix everything again nicely. The sauce is ready now for coating the Lollipop.

 

✓ The gravy consistency can be adjusted as per need at this point. Keep the sauce aside for 2-3 mins so that when lollipop pieces are added,they don't become soggy.

✓ At the last step, add the fried lollipop pieces to it and mix nicely with the sauce gravy so that the sauce gets coated well. 

 ✓ Add some chopped coriander leaves or spring onion and give a good final toss gently and nicely.

✓ Hot tender juicy Honey Schezwan Chicken Lollipop is ready to serve hot.