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Chicken in Hot Garlic Sauce ~ Microwave Cooking

Course Chicken
Cuisine Indo Chinese
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 3
Author Rafeeda

Ingredients

  • 750 gm chicken cut into medium sized pieces
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 6 cloves of garlic finely chopped
  • 1 tsp red chilli paste
  • 2 spring onions chopped
  • 1 capsicum cubed
  • 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 tbsp red chilli sauce
  • 2 tbsp soya sauce
  • 1 tbsp vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 1 sachet seasoning powder
  • 3 tbsp corn flour dissolved into 1/2 cup water
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • In a microwave bowl, combine chicken with 1 cup of water, 1 tbsp oil and little salt and cook covered for 6 minutes.
  • In another bowl, combined the remaining oil, garlic, red chilli paste and white of the onion and microwave for 3 minutes.
  • Add the above cooked onions to the chicken. Add in the remaining ingredients and mix well.
  • Cook uncovered in microwave for a total of 12 minutes, stirring the sauce every 4 minutes to ensure proper thickening.
  • Sprinkle in the green of the spring onion and serve warm! It was awesome with bread.

Notes

For the red chilli paste, I mixed 1 tsp red chilli powder with a few drops of water into a paste.