Chicken Manchurian

This is another great Chinese recipe that I adapted from Blog Chef. I always make these type of dishes my cheater way, with popcorn chicken. It is so simple and easy to make these great Chinese dishes. Just cook the chicken and mix with the homemade sauce.


Chicken Manchurian

1 pound of cooked popcorn chicken
The sauce:
1 large onion sliced
½ cup chicken broth
¼ cup ketchup
¼ cup tomato puree
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon garlic (minced)
1 tablespoon ginger (minced)
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon cornstarch
fresh cilantro (chopped, for garnish)


Add a tiny bit of oil to your wok and stir fry slices onions for about 1 minute. Add garlic and ginger stir fry for 30 seconds. Add chicken broth, ketchup, tomato puree, soy sauce, and sugar. Mix well stirring and bring to a boil. Combine 1 tablespoons cornstarch with 2 tablespoon cold water and pour into mixture while stirring. Cook until sauce thickens. In a bowl pour the sauce over the cooked popcorn chicken. Mix well and top with chopped fresh cilantro. Serve with white rice.

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9 Responses to Chicken Manchurian

  1. amreen June 7, 2010 at 4:53 am #

    Hi laura very nice recepies.
    I like your chicken manchurian recepies

  2. Tresa April 12, 2010 at 6:34 pm #

    This reciepe was so easy and yummy! My Husband loved it, and my 5 year old said it was “delish”! Thanks for sharing

  3. She-Mulk April 29, 2009 at 3:54 pm #

    Thank you Laura! We will definitely be trying this recipe!

  4. Laura April 25, 2009 at 12:24 pm #

    She-Mulk, it is the frozen breaded popcorn chicken that I used. It doesn’t give direction on the bag to deep fry it but that is how I cook it.

  5. She-Mulk April 25, 2009 at 9:59 am #

    I went to buy popcorn chicken but could only find the frozen breaded popcorn chicken. Is that what I should use? I didn’t know if it was ok to have breaded or if that would change the flavor. Thanks for all of your recipes – we’ve loved them!

  6. Jodi April 23, 2009 at 12:10 am #

    Looks pretty awesome to me! Thanks!

  7. Melody April 22, 2009 at 8:14 pm #

    That just looks so good! My family loves Chinese food and I’m looking to eat home more often! Thanks for the great recipe.

  8. Heidi April 22, 2009 at 7:26 am #

    What a great idea to use the popcorn chicken. I will have to try that! Man that cuts down a lot of time. Thanks for the great tip.

  9. Jessica April 22, 2009 at 6:39 am #

    This looks wonderful, I love the sheen of that glaze!

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