Andhra Pepper Chicken Recipe – Dry Restaurant Style Pepper Chicken

Andhra Pepper Chicken Recipe is a delicious chicken recipe famous across most Andhra Non Veg Restaurants. which you can serve either as a starter or as a side dish along with your meal. The   Course : Main Course Ingridients : For marination 500 grams Chicken , chopped to cubes with bone 10 cloves Garlic 2 inch Ginger 1 Lemon , juice extracted 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi) 1/2 teaspoon Salt For Pepper Chicken Masala 2 Onion , thinly sliced 4 cloves Garlic , finely chopped 1 inch Ginger , finely chopped 2 Green Chillies , slit Salt , to taste 3 sprig Curry leaves , roughly torn 2-1/2 tablespoons Whole Black Peppercorns , coarsely pounded 2 teaspoons Coriander Powder (Dhania) 4 tablespoons Oil , to cook To Garnish 6 sprig Coriander (Dhania) Leaves , chopped for garnish 1 teaspoon Whole Black Pepper Corns , coarsely pounded 1 teaspoon Lemon juice Instructions To begin making Andhra Pepper Chicken Recipe, prep all the ingredients and keep ready. For the marination, make the paste of the ginger and garlic. You can use the mixer grinder or a pestle and mortar to make the paste. Into a large mixing now, add the chicken pieces along with bones, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice and salt. Mix well to combine. Cover the pan, place it in the refrigerator and marinate the chicken for 30 minutes.To make the Andhra Pepper Chicken, in a large wok or a kadai or a deep pan preheat the oil over medium heat.Add the sliced onion, sliced green chillies, chopped ginger and chopped garlic and saute until the onion softens and turns slightly brown. Stir in the curry leaves Once the onions start to brown, add the marinated chicken and saute for about 2 minutes with the onion ginger garlic masala. After couple of minutes, add the coriander powder and crushed pepper.  Stir well, cover the pan and cook on low heat until the Andhra Pepper Chicken comes together from sides of the pan.Keep stirring intermittently and sprinkle water as and when required to cook the chicken.Cook until the Andhra Pepper Chicken until it is tender and cooked. Once the chicken is soft cooked, open the lid and stir on medium heat until the moisture evaporated to make it dry.Just before you are ready to serve add another 1 teaspoon crushed pepper, 1 teaspoon lemon juice and chopped coriander leaves and give it a stir.Serve Andhra Pepper Chicken Recipe along with Steamed rice and Andhra Style Pappu Charu Recipe for a delicious lunch or dinner.