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Pepper chicken is a popular South Indian chicken preparation. Chicken is cooked with onions, curry leaves, green chillies till tender and tossed with freshly ground black pepper which gives its unique taste. When served with rice or roti, this spicy pepper chicken is quite addictive. Learn how to make pepper chicken at home with step by step pictures, instructions and video.
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1.About Pepper Chicken Dry Recipe
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3.Pepper Chicken Ingredients
4.Pepper Chicken Recipe (Step-wise Photos)
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Pepper Chicken Recipe
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About Pepper Chicken Dry Recipe
Now coming back to today's recipe, it is a chicken recipe and my favorite one. I have already posted chinese style pepper chicken recipe in my blog before. This is my Indian version of it. It has lots of Indian masala and stuffs in it. I love this one when served with naan or hot rice.
Chicken cooked in sauted onions, spices, green chillies, curry leaves and crushed black pepper which gives the unique taste and colour to the pepper chicken. Pepper chicken is a dark brown coloured dry dish usually served with rice, roti or naan.
Video for Pepper Chicken Recipe
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Pepper Chicken Ingredients
Spicy pepper chicken uses basic ingredients which you already have on hand. This version of pepper chicken is dry. So you have to adjust the water quantity as required.
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Fresh Produce
The curry is made with Onions which are sliced thinly, green chillies, curry leaves as the base.
Chicken
I prefer to use one whole chicken which is cut into small pieces. Bone-in chicken results in juicy and tender chicken dish. But if you want you could use boneless chicken thighs.
Spices
The predominant flavor in a pepper chicken is black pepper. Use freshly roasted, coarsely ground black pepper for maximum flavour. I dry roast whole peppercorns for 2 to 3 minutes and allow them to cool. Grind them in a food processor or mortar and pestle till coarse. Add ground pepper only in the end of the cooking.
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How to Make Pepper Chicken Dry
Making base
Heat oil in a kadai. Add in fennel seeds and let them crackle. Now add in onions, curry leaves and green chilli. Saute for 5 to 10 mins till it turns light golden. Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min. Add in all the spice powders and salt and mix well.
Cooking
Now add in chicken and toss well with the masala. Cover the kadai and let it cook for 30 to 40 mins till the chicken is cooked. Now open the kadai and cook on a high heat and let the masala gets dry. Add in fresh ground pepper and toss well.
Serving
Squeeze in some lemon juice and coriander leaves and mix well. Serve with rice or any bread.
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Pepper Chicken Recipe (Step-wise Photos)
1)Heat oil in a kadai. Add in fennel seeds and let them sizzle.
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2)Add in onions, curry leaves and green chilli.
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3)Saute till lightly golden
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4)Add in ginger garlic paste. Saute for 2 mins till the raw smell from the paste goes and it gets fragrant.
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5)Add in spice powders and salt.
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6)Saute the spices in hot oil for few seconds till aromatic.
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7)Add in chicken.
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8)Mix well till the masala coats the chicken pieces.
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9)Cover and cook on low heat till chicken gets cooked, may be 20 mins or so.
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10)Now chicken is cooked.
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11)I cooked the chicken on high heat for few more minutes till the masala gets dry and coats the chicken.
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12)Add in coarsely ground fresh black pepper in the end for the pepper flavor
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13)Toss well.
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14)Finally add in lemon juice.
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15)Add in coriander leaves
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16)Mix well
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17)Serve
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Pepper Chicken | Pepper Chicken Recipe | Pepper Chicken Dry Recipe
Pepper chicken is a popular South Indian chicken preparation. Chicken is cooked with onions, curry leaves, green chillies till tender and tossed with freshly ground black pepper which gives its unique taste. When served with rice or roti, this spicy pepper chicken is quite addictive. Learn how to make pepper chicken at home with step by step pictures, instructions and video.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 285kcal
Ingredients
- ½ kg Chicken (cleaned with bone)
- 3 tbsp Oil (Preferably Coconut Oil)
- 1 tsp Fennel Seeds
- 2 large Onion sliced thinly
- 3 Green Chilli
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 2 tbsp Coriander Powder
- 2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp Black Pepper (Freshly ground)
- 1 tsp Lemon Juice
- Coriander Leaves / Cilantro for garnishing
Instructions
Heat oil in a kadai. Add in fennel seeds and let them crackle.
Now add in onions, curry leaves and green chilli. Saute for 5 to 10 mins till it turns light golden.
Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
Add in all the spice powders and salt and mix well.
Now add in chicken and toss well with the masala.
Cover the kadai and let it cook for 30 to 40 mins till the chicken is cooked.
Now open the kadai and cook on a high heat and let the masala gets dry.
Add in fresh ground pepper and toss well.
Squeeze in some lemon juice and coriander leaves and mix well.
Serve with rice or any bread.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1servings | Calories: 285kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 162mg | Potassium: 317mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 122IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 2mg
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