Chicken event

I have been planning this chicken event for sometime and have been overwhelmed at the response received. Thank you to all those who have been sending in absolutely delicious entries. There is no restriction to the number of entries that each person can send in and so looking forward to all your mouthwatering chicken dishes.

Have tried to personally acknowledge every mail that has come in however, if there is any entry that has still not received a reply please do bear with me. Have been down with a bad back problem and that's the reason that has kept me from making a post after the announcement of the event. Was on bedrest for a week and am still not back to being able to sit for long. Completing my work in short sessions of 15-20 minutes. It's been a bad week in terms of health however, on the blogging scene have been glad to receive such a good response already. Have had enquiries regarding the last date. The last date for submission is June 30 and there's plenty of time still to cook that delicious chicken and forward your favorite chicken recipe.

On the awards scene glad to receive my third award the "Good chat blog award". Thanks madhavi. Love sharing my experiences online and chatting with all of you and especially love reading the responses or comments that come in. Feels great indeed!!


Would like to forward the award to four of my fellow bloggers whom I have loved reading.
http://dessertpro.blogspot.com/ -jz@tasty treats
http://cookerycorner.blogspot.com/ -laavanya
http://spice-club.blogspot.com/ -cham
http://spicykhazana.blogspot.com/ -sujatha

Have been going through the posts on my blog and realized that my blog does have quite a few chicken recipes already.In fact, that's a favorite at my place and that explains the number of recipes. Here's is a list of the chicken recipes covered so far in my blog.
1-Chicken Lollipop



2-Tandoori chicken


3-Chicken cutlets


4-Chicken Manchurian

Chicken Manchurian - a favorite

A few days back I had made a post on "Hakka noodles" on the blog. I love Chinese food as I mentioned.

Chinese is a preferred menu at my place and so I do make the Hakka noodles and this Chicken Manchurian quite often. A great way to make my daughter eat a complete meal- all the vegetables in the hakka noodles are happily eaten without any fuss with this manchurian that she loves.

A fussy and hard to please culinary expert I have here. In fact, she enjoys helping me around the kitchen and also has a good sense of taste and understanding of food. A chef at heart is what I like referring to her as. Actually when I do have people over for dinner I do make it a point to make my little one taste the dishes first. If she approves it then it is a sure hit. A real hard to please expert she is. Absolutely no diplomacy when it comes to giving feedback on the dishes, however, when it comes to complimenting too she is very liberal. A wonderful critic although at times I have to eat my own words. I definitely owe a lot to her on improving my culinary expertise.:)

Coming back to my chicken manchurian recipe. This is a real quick and easy formula that you can whip up when you do have guests over for lunch or dinner. I am sure you would enjoy serving a great Chinese meal right at home.

Ingredients:
250 gms boneless chicken ( cut into bite size pieces)
2 stalks green onions (chopped fine)
1 stalk of celery (chopped fine)
1 bell pepper (cut into cubes)
1 onions (sliced)
2 tbsp soy sauce
4 tbsp ketchup
1 tsp vinegar
1 tsp sugar
Salt to taste
½ tsp pepper
2 tbsp cornstarch
3-4 tbsp of all purpose flour
2 tbsp chopped garlic
cooking oil
2 cups chicken stock

Method:
Marinate the chicken in all purpose flour, cornflour, salt and a pinch of pepper. Deep fry the chicken pieces and keep aside.

For the gravy:
Take a pan and add 2 tbsp of oil to it. Add the chopped garlic, onions, bell pepper , green onions and stir for a minute or two. Add the celery and stir. Add in the soy sauce, ketchup, sugar, salt and stir. Add the chicken stock and bring to boil. Adjust the seasoning. Add the fried chicken pieces and boil for a minute. Mix 1 tbsp of cornflour in water and add to the gravy. Boil for a minute till the gravy thickens. Serve with Chinese fried rice or hakka noodles.