Taiwan Guy, Chicken Changezi Recipe.

Ingredients:

Chicken

Yogurt

Mild masala

Chili powder

Turmeric

Salt

Baking soda

Canned tomatoes

Onion

Oil

Recipe:

Step 1: Dice the chicken. In a container, combine yogurt, masala, turmeric, chili powder, and salt (Important: be sure to add salt). Mix well, add the diced chicken, and rub/mix to coat. Then refrigerate and marinate for 12 hours.

Step 2: After 12 hours, slice or dice the onion and put it in a pot. Add a little oil, a little salt, and baking soda. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the onions are caramelized.

Step 2.5: In a container, combine oil, masala, and chili powder and mix to make spiced oil (because some spices are fat-soluble). Set aside.

Step 3: Once the onions are caramelized, remove them from the pot. Add the diced chicken to the pot and pan-fry until cooked through, then remove.

Step 4: Add the spiced oil and canned tomatoes, stir and sauté, and finally add the cooked diced chicken.

Step 5: Drizzle with cream to garnish and add flavor. Done.

Post-cooking thoughts:

Basically, the strength of this dish lies in the combination of masala spice and canned tomatoes, so please taste as you go and add masala as needed. If there’s anything that could further increase satisfaction, it would definitely be the flavor of the meat itself and extra fat. So when making this dish, chicken thigh and chunks of beef or lamb are the first choice. And well, um, when I actually made it, I used chicken breast. During the heating step, that almost inevitably makes the texture dry and tough. This is different from chicken breast korma, and it may be something worth thinking about. However, none of you are scientists, and I wouldn’t recommend trying it with chicken breast chunks.

If the goal is to recreate the original recipe, caramelizing the onions in Step 2 is by no means necessary; simply cooking the onions until cooked and soft is enough. But if you’ve never tried caramelized onions, I highly recommend trying it, because the caramelization and Maillard reaction in caramelized onions bring out buttery, caramelized, and meaty aromas. It could be called very fascinating cooking magic on the culinary path—I recommend giving it a try.