Chicken Lollipops : Popular Indian Starter/Snack

Chicken lollipop is a popular Indian fried chicken appetiser. Chicken lollipop is essentially a frenched chicken winglet, wherein the meat is cut loose from the bone end and pushed down, creating a lollipop appearance. It is usually served two ways, marinated chicken deep fried just like chicken 65. Second version includes tossing the fried chicken in a spicy sauce.

Chicken – Pre prepared chicken lollipop is available in the frozen section of super market. If you cannot find it, I recommend you to prepare it yourselves. There are variety of videos available to cut chicken in lollipop shape.

Sauces – I used soy sauce, ketchup and vinegar to flavour the chicken.

Ginger & Garlic – use lots of ginger and garlic which adds aroma to the chicken.

Chilli Garlic Paste – You can add more or less as per your spice level.

Seasonings – as far as the seasonings, I used salt, pepper and chilli powder.

Flour Coating – use a combination of plain flour and cornstarch to create the crispy exterior.

Egg – egg is used as binding of the chicken. It helps the coating stick the chicken when frying.

How to Cut Chicken into Lollipop

Take a whole chicken leg.
Cut it in each joints so you get 2 piece of chicken to work with.
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 chicken lollipop from each whole chicken leg and thigh portion.

Preparation

1) In a large mixing bowl, add in chilli garlic paste. This is to provide colour and flavour to the chicken lollipop. You can add more or less as per your spice level.

2) Add in ginger and garlic paste.

3) Add in salt, red chilli powder and black pepper powder. I am using Kashmiri chilli powder for colour.

4) Add in soy sauce.

5) Add in vinegar. Instead of vinegar you can use lemon juice.

6) Add some tomato ketchup. You can skip this, it is entirely optional.

7) Mix this really well. Taste and adjust salt and chilli powder. This is your marination for chicken.

8) Add in the lollipop chicken into the marinate.

9) Mix the chicken with the marinate really well. Leave this aside for minimum of 30 minutes to marinate. You can leave it overnight as well.

10) If you have marinated the chicken overnight. Remove it from fridge 30 minutes before frying. So the chicken comes back to room temperature. Now before frying, add in plain flour, cornstarch and egg. This helps in binding the chicken and creates coating on the chicken and makes it crispy when fried.

11) Coat the chicken really well in the flour and egg.

12 )Drop the chicken one by one in hot oil. Once chicken is added in the oil, reduce the heat to medium and fry the chicken for 10 to 12 minutes till golden and crispy. Keep flipping in between for even frying.

13) Once chicken is fried. Strain it on some paper towel. Serve with ketchup or chilli sauce.