Restaurant Style Lollipop Chicken is a spicy chicken drumsticks coated in finger licking marinate and fried till crispy. In this recipe for chicken lollipop, I have shared 2 ways of making this restaurant style dish. Fried and Saucy. You will enjoy my chicken 65 and dragon chicken recipe. Learn how to make perfect chicken lollipop with step by step pictures and video.
Mix chicken lollipop with all the marinating ingredients except cornstarch, plain flour and egg. Keep aside for 30 minutes to marinate. Just before frying add in cornstarch, egg and maida. Mix well.
Heat oil for deep frying. Once the oil is hot, Drop chicken in hot oil, simmer the flame and cook on low heat for 10 mins till the chicken is cooked, Now increase the heat and fry the chicken on high heat for 5 mins or till the chicken get crispy and cooked. Strain and serve.
Notes
You can marinate the chicken and store in fridge upto 3 to 4 days.
Marinated chicken can be stored in freezer for upto a month.
Instead of frying, you can air fry the chicken.
for restaurant style taste, add a dash of ajinomoto for restaurant taste, you can skip it.
How to Cut Chicken for Chicken Lollipop
Take a whole chicken leg. Cut it in each joints.
Now use a sharp knife to scrape the flesh from the chicken on each leg.
Gather it together to form into drumsticks like shape.
You will be getting around 2 to 3 chicken lollipop from each whole chicken leg and thigh portion.
How to Make Chicken lollipop in Air fryer
Mix chicken lollipop with all the marinating ingredients except cornflour and maida.. Keep aside for 30 mins.
Now add in cornflour and maida. Mix well.
Preheat an air fryer at 180 degree C for 10 mins. Grease the inside of the air fryer with little oil. Brush more oil on the chicken. Arrange it in a single layer inside the air fryer.
Bake it for 25 to 30 mins, flip it in between and keep cooking.
How to Make Chicken lollipop in Oven
Mix chicken lollipop with all the marinating ingredients except cornflour and maida.. Keep aside for 30 mins.
Now add in cornflour and maida. Mix well.
Preheat oven at 180 degree C for 10 mins. Take a baking tray. Line it with parchment paper. Arrange chicken lollipop in a single layer.
Brush with oil on the chicken.
Bake it for 25 to 30 mins, flip it in between and brush with little extra oil keep cooking.