Chicken 65 is a popular Indian fried chicken, which can be easily made with either breast or thigh chicken. Apart from marination time, you can make this recipe within 30 minutes.
What makes Chicken 65 crispy on the outside and juicy inside?
Chicken 65 is easy and tasty chicken recipe. The trick in this recipe is making the chicken crispy on the outer and juicy in the inner part.
I have tried making this recipe more than 20 times at my home, most of the time it turns out rubbery and hard. After many experiments, I learned the simple trick to make it perfect.
The trick is Marinating.
For marinating the chicken use thick yogurt or curd and always marinate it for minimum 2 hours. If you marinate it for a long time it gives nice juicy chicken 65.
How to make this juicy chicken 65?
You can use Chicken Breast, Chicken thighs, chicken drumsticks and chicken with bones for this recipe. But Chicken thighs gives nice flavourful chicken 65.
Rice flour and Corn flour gives nice crispy texture to chicken65.
Always fry chicken over a medium heat and avoid crowding it in oil, so that it would get cooked evenly on all the sides.
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Chicken 65 is a popular Indian fried chicken, which can be easily made with either breast or thigh chicken. Apart from marination time, you can make this recipe within 30 minutes
- 1.50 lb CHICKEN (BONELESS & SKINLESS)
- 0.50 cup YOGURT PLAIN (CURD)
- 0.50 tbsp SALT (to taste)
- 2 tbsp CORIANDER POWDER
- 2 tbsp GINGER GARLIC PASTE
- 1.50 tbsp GARAM MASALA
- 2 tbsp PEPPER RED OR CAYENNE
- 0.50 tbsp CUMIN POWDER
- 3 tbsp CORN FLOUR
- 2 cups OIL (FOR DEEP FRYING)
- 1 tsp VINEGAR
- 0.50 tsp LEMON/LIME JUICE
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Cut the chicken into small pieces. Marinate with red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala, ginger garlic paste, salt, cumin powder, vinegar, lemon juice, yogurt and corn flour for 6 hours in the refrigerator.
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In a hot oil, drop the chicken pieces one by one and deep fry over a medium flame until the chicken gets cooked thoroughly and turns out crispy on the outside. Serve chicken 65 with sliced onion and lemon wedges.
How to serve chicken 65?
Serve this chicken 65 as an appetizer, snack or sides with sliced onion and lemon wedges. The citrus and acidity from lemon and onions elevate the flavor even more.
Don’t forget to let me know how it turns out. 😉