How do i make chicken balls like the chinese take away?!
How do i make chicken balls like the chinese take away?
Answers:
Serve with warm sweet and sour sauce and you could have ordered from a chinese food restaurant.
You can use this batter for shrimp or battered won ton. Place over a bed of rice. Enjoy!
2 lbs boneless skinless chicken, cubed
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1 tablespoon oil or melted shortening
fat, heated to fry
Sift flour and add baking powder, and salt. In separate bowl, Beat eggs and add milk and oil. Blend liquid mixture into dry, beat well until smooth. Drop diced chicken into batter.
Spoon out and place in deep fryer or pot of hot grease over stove burner. Fry until golden brown. Remove and place in bowl lined with paper towel to soak up excess grease.
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SAUCE
2 (8 ounce) cans crushed pineapple
3 cups sugar
1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 cup white vinegar
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 large green pepper, finely chopped
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
2 tablespoons cornstarch
CHICKEN BALL BATTER
2 cups flour
2 cups cornstarch
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 tablespoon sugar
2 2/3 cups cold water
oil (for frying)
3 1/2 lbs boneless chicken breasts, cut into chunks (you should get about 6-7 dozen pieces)
seasoning salt (optional)
Drain pineapple, reserving the juice.
To make the Sauce:
in a saucepan combine sugar, tomatoes, vinegar, onion, green pepper, soy sauce, ginger and pineapple; simmer for about 20 minutes.
In a bowl, combine/whisk the cornstarch with the reserved pineapple juice until smooth, and add to the tomato mixture.
Bring to a boil and simmer for about 2 minutes, or until thickened. Remove from heat; set aside to cool.
To make the chicken balls: in a bowl combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and water until smooth.
Heat oil in a deep-fryer or Dutch oven to 375 degrees.
Dip the chicken pieces into the batter, then drop in hot oil and fry until golden and the juices run clear (about 5 minutes).
Remove to a paper towel.
Sprinkle with seasoning salt immediately after frying if desired. Serve immediately with sweet and sour sauce.
The tricky bit is getting the balls off the chicken
First you spread their little legs....ha ha ha I couldn't resist. Seriously, I've never had Chinese takeaway chicken balls so I can't help you-never even heard of them.
To make Chicken Balls you will first of all have to get
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cut chicken into postage stamp size,roll in corn flour and then beaten egg, then back into the cornflour,deep fry for 3mins,remove from oil and stand for 3mins,then back into the oil for a further 3mins drain on kitchen roll and serve,cook them a few at a time, or they will stick together,best batter you will ever taste
CHICKEN BALLS
10 oz. chunked chicken
1 c. dry bread crumbs
3/4 c. milk
1/3 c. mayonnaise
1 egg
1 c. finely chopped onion
1/4 c. parsley, finely chopped
1/4 c. chopped walnuts
1 tbsp. mustard
1 tsp. poultry seasoning
Corn flake crumbs
Mix together all but corn flake crumbs. Shape into 1-inch balls. Roll in crumbs. Arrange in baking dish and bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes or deep fry 5 minutes at 375 degrees.