Crunchy Oats Chicken with Sweet and Sour dip

I happened to leaf through the pages of my diary and came across this recipe taking me back to my PG days in Bangalore. With a lot of time in hand, nothing better to do and whenever I managed to overcome my lazy mode, I stepped into the kitchen for my adventures. Crunchy Oats Chicken was the result of one of these adventures.My friends and I spent quite a time debating on what the name of the dish should be. Chinese Oats Chicken we named it, is what the diary entry says! And one day we said, we will all look into this recipe journal and cook for our husbands'.

Well my Mr. Husband did not find the name catchy enough and we renamed it to Crunchy Oats Chicken.

So here we have the Crunchy Oats Chicken and a dip that goes along. A quick recipe -even your kids will enjoy, it is only mildly spiced with a sweet and sour dip.

Ingredients for the sweet and sour dip

Tomato sauce - 3 tbsp
Soya sauce - 1 tbsp
Honey - 2 tbsp
Garlic - 1 tbsp chopped
Ginger - 1 tbsp chopped
Onions - 3 tbsp chopped
Green chilly - 1 chopped and crushed
Olive Oil - 1 tbsp
Spring onions - 1 tbsp
Water - 1/4 cup

Method

Heat olive oil in a skillet and fry the onions, garlic, ginger and green chilly until cooked.

Mix the soya sauce, tomato sauce and honey in 1/4 cup water. Add this to the skillet and switch off the flame. Transfer to a bowl and garnish with spring onions

Ingredients for Crunchy Oats Chicken

Chicken - 400 gms
Egg - 1 no.
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Soya Sauce - 1 tsp
Kashmiri Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - as required
Oats - 1 cup
Oil

Method

Clean and cut the chicken into small pieces. I used the pieces with less bones for this recipe.

Marinate the chicken pepper powder, chilly powder, ginger garlic paste , soya sauce, salt and 1 beaten egg. Leave it covered for half an hour to 1 hour in the refrigerator.

Roll the chicken in oats and coat it completely.

Heat oil in a skillet and fry the chicken. You may choose to shallow fry or deep fry it. I, generally prefer shallow frying to reduce the oil usage.

Transfer the fried chicken to a plate and serve along with the dip. Don't let it go cold, eat it hot and juicy!

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