Wednesday 17 June 2009

Chicken Strips in Capsicum Sauce



This is one easy super fast dish to make.
I think you spend more time in cutting the veg and the chicken. The dish is made in 10 minutes .
The recipe is from a book,which I have for long.

It is not my cookbook ,( now it is) my MIL bought them and then she went to her place and was looking through and she remarked holly ..... if I have to make a dish from this book I will need a whol new bunch of ingridients........... so as I am the one who loves cooking in the family, she told me take the book with you, at least you can use them.

And I must admit I have used this book a lot , you should see on some pages there is so much stains.......
Talking about my MIL giving me the book, I have lots of things from her whcih she buys and then for one or another reason I end up in my home with it.

Like my Le Cruset Pot ( which belonged to her and I was once mentioning to her that I should buy one ( this was atleast 17 yrs back) and she told me well I have two take one :-)

then there is the sandwitch maker, the vacuum sealing thing, the knive sharpner .........oh the list will go on and on......oh then the dusting tissues, she buys something new and then she tell, you should try this, it cleans the dust very well and I, ok will take home and try.

I have to admit she is the best MIL one can have, not because she gives me all these things, just because she is a really wonderful person.

This is my entry for Priyas details here

So now lets go to the recipe.

500 gm chicken cut in strips ( I used breast)
3 tbsp oil
2 garlic cloves choppes fine
1 medium onion thinky cut
1 big capsicum thinly cut
3 chillies my addition
1 tsp rice vinegar /white vinegar
3 to 4 tbsp of sweet kejap ( you can buy this in the chinese store mainly in the indonesian section)
1 tbsp soya sauce optional
1 tsp honey
200 ml water or more if you want more gravy
1 to 2 tbsp of corn flour mixed with a bit of water to make the sauce think.
Peper and salt to taste ( take care of the salt as there is a lot of salt in these chinese bottle sauces.
2 tbsp of chilie oil

Heat the oil in a wol and add the onions , capsicum,chillies and the garlic, when they are lightly coloured add the chicken pieces and fry for few minutes, then add the soysauce, ketjap vinegar, honey and mix it all really weell.
Then add the water and cook the chicken till it is done. Few minutes as the chicken is cut thinly.
Add the cornflour and thicken the gravy according to you.
Just before serving drizzle he chillie oil on top of the dish.
Serve with rice/noodles etc.....

56 comments:

  1. HC

    This looks so good - must be yummy :-)

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  2. That sauce!! I need some for my steamed rice now!!

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  3. Capsicum sauce sounds mouth watering, lovely!

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  4. My husband tends to do all the chopping up =) Sounds like a really simple and tasty dish!

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  5. Bombay Brissels
    It was indeed yummy we had , yesterday for lunch with plain rice.

    Angie that is how we had them.

    Parita thankyou

    Pigigscorner well you can make him chop abd make the dish as i think in this one the chopping takes more time than making the dish.

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  6. Lucky u to have such a m-law,touchwood.Believe me i am married since last 7 years my m-law never gave me anything but when she is with me,she will buy for her other d-laws.

    Nice colourfull curry :)

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  7. it's a new idea....yummy dear..would like to taste

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  8. Very healthy and delightful, HC.

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  9. The capsicum sauce sounds fabulous!

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  10. Wowow capsicum sauce looks yummy HC...lovely dish..feel like having rite now..tempting dish!Thanks for sending this yummy dish to AFAM!

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  11. Lovely dish..will try these soon !

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  12. Great recipe...bookkmarked it..my hubby would lov this recipe..looks great..

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  13. Varunavi thankyou, yeah i know i am lucky. My sister MIL is like yours,

    Shama if you were near to me , i would give them to you for tasting.

    Pretti thankyou

    5 star foodie thankyou

    Priay it is indeed yummy and it wa smy pleasure.

    Pooja thankyou.

    Vrinda do make hubby will love this dish.

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  14. Not sure which sounds better the mother in law or the chicken in the capsicum sauce! How wonderful to enjoy her company. Is really always intriguing to me when prep work takes so much time and then things go together very quickly. Your sauce sounds very good indeed. Seems like shrimp would be very fine in it too.

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  15. Thats one generous natured MIL you have :) Lovely chicken dish!

    Miri

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  16. My Kitchen halfcup.... well i would say MIL :-) Never thought of adding shimps in them, but now that you mentioned it, i think it would be a wonderful.

    Miri yeah that she is.

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  17. wow looks yummo........delicious!!

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  18. That looks great - the sauce sounds yummy!

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  19. Wow ...on reading the title itself I am drooling. Chicken strips soaked in Capsicum sauce looks inviting.

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  20. looks great, I'd love that with some rice; lucky you for having a great MIL :)

    my MIL is a great lady but she is no more... I'm not lucky enough to have her beside me ... :)

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  21. That looks delicious...would be wonderful with fried rice.

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  22. that sauce looks so rich and tasty

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  23. What a beautiful meal. Looks full of flavors.

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  24. this looks awesomely delicious...love chinese for its tasty and easy to make recipes...:)

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  25. Oooooh H.C. you have me totally drooling over those chicken strips in sauce - they look absolutely divine.

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  26. Love the silky looking of your Capsicum sauce. Yum!

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  27. So glad to hear that you have such a wonderful MIL! Chicken dish looks really amazing... :)

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  28. Wow thats really looking so good and mouthwatering

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  29. Totally delish! I mess up my cookbooks too,not a pleasant sight:)

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  30. This looks delicious Happy Cook. Your Mil's (err, your) cookbook obviously has some good recipes.

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  31. Restaurant style delicious chicken. I love the flavor of capsicum. give me some rice with it:-)

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  32. Too good. Its so inviting dear!

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  33. Sounds like an easy yet so flavorful dish HC..:)

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  34. looks nice and spicy, HC!!

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  35. the title itself makes me drool!

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  36. nice looking curry.. lucky you, love your MIL.. :)

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  37. wow! Looks amazing....I think I cook stew some lentils in this, too!

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  38. You're lucky to have a generous mil. And this dish looks absolutely delicious!

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  39. you're one lucky girl...with me, the reverse happens...my MIL visits... sees what I have and then says, "Even I want... buy one for me". :-)

    The dish looks great. I'm sure it would be lovely as a veggie dish too.

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  40. This looks really really tasty!Yumyum!

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  41. I love the combo of all ingredients you added. I would eat a whole loaf of bread with that sauce!!!

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  42. Oh wow love that flavourful sauce...looks yum....

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  43. Happy cook this look soooo yummy! love your recipes!! Gloria

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  44. This really looks delicious. Lucky MIl, Lucky DIL :)

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  45. This looks so delicious! Another must try recipe:)

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  46. Looks too good. The sauce is tempting.

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  47. I really love your dish of chicken, simple yet dish, that must be a good book!
    your MIL is really a wonderful lady, generously shares her knowledge which has been accumlateing wisdom and years of experience :D

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  48. Thankyou all for the wonderful comments and this is one easy recipis so you all should make he dish :-)

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  49. I found this just as I was craving something simple and delicious to go along with my noodles. This sounds perfect!!

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  50. Ah! One of my favorites. And I like it with plain rice too. :-)

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  51. awesome recipe...can't resist it!

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  52. Really lovely and warm real nice warming feeling just from looking at this dish, imagine now eating it yum yum :) xx Rico|Recipes

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  53. Isn't it amazing when one is blessed with a fab MIL??! Mine sounds a lot like yours ... she LOVES cooking and shopping for kitchen items .. and somehow I always manage to benefit from it. And of course, I have some nummy recipes from her as well!

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