Chicken Strips
This homemade version of chicken strips makes the strips a yummy delight for both kids and adults. These fried strips are moist and tender when cooked properly.
Ingredients
- ½ kg chicken breast boneless
- cooking oil (for deep frying)
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
Ingredients for Batter
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp red chili flakes
- 1 tsp ginger-garlic powder
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tsp salt or to taste
- ½ tsp mustard powder
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp white vinegar or lemon juice
Instructions
Preparation
- Take boneless chicken breast (cut into two pieces). Wash the breast pieces with running water. Then dry them with a paper towel or simply leave them in the strainer for a while.
- Slice each piece horizontally with the help of a knife to cut the breast into two equal parts of uniform thickness. Now cut them diagonally into uniform strips.
- Keep the size as thin or as thick as you’d like but make sure that all are of equal size so that they may cook evenly.
Batter for Chicken Strips
- In a large enough bowl pour sifted all-purpose flour. Add red chili flakes, ginger-garlic powder, black pepper powder, salt, and mustard powder.
- Mix all the ingredients well.
- Add mayonnaise and mix it.
- Add white vinegar or lemon juice. Mix all the things well.
- Once the batter is ready, coat the chicken strips generously and evenly with the batter and place them in the refrigerator for 30 to 45 minutes.
Coating With Breadcrumbs
- After marination is done, take one cup of breadcrumbs in a bowl and coat all the strips one by one with the help of a fork.
- After crumbing, deep fry these strips.
Frying the Chicken Strips
- Heat the cooking oil on a medium flame for deep frying. Keep the oil medium hot. When the oil is hot enough drop in the strips one by one. Do not drop all pieces at once.Do not stir at once as you drop them in the oil, it may remove their coating. For the 1st minute, fry them on high flame and then set the flame between medium to low.
- Flip once the side of the strips after two minutes. Fry the strips till golden brown color. It will take 4 to 5 minutes to get the strips fried.
- Once the strips are fried, transfer them to the paper towel so that the extra oil may absorb into it.
- Delicious, crunchy, and crispy chicken strips are ready. Serve them with the dip of your choice.
