Chicken lollipops refer to marinated chicken wings with aromatic spices that are double-fried for added crunchiness. These are then coated in a spicy batter and deep-fried. Follow my detailed recipe to make chicken lollipop at home like a pro chef.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- You can make chicken lollipops at home easily.
- Serve them hot with green chutney, tomato or mustard sauce, lemon wedges, tamarind chutney, onion rings, or yogurt dip.
- Chicken lollipops taste sweet, spicy, savory, and wonderful.
- Try fish lollypop, mutton lollipop, prawn lollipop, and vegetable lollipops for a different taste experience.
The birthday party of a schoolmate of my son introduced me these wonderful chicken lollipops. I relished it and tried to figure out what ingredients were used to make these delicious non-veg snacks. I instantly made up my mind to try making them at home and master it to surprise my sister at her upcoming anniversary. I tried a couple of times and eventually my homemade chicken lollipops turned out be a party favorite. They doubled the kids’ happiness and the surprised and happy look in my sister’s face made me happy.
How to Make Chicken Lollipop? (Step by Step Guide with Images)
Step 1: Take chicken wings (300 gm) and cut each into two.
Step 2: Slit and pull the meat outward.
Step 3: Shape the lollipop.
Step 4: Repeat the steps for all. Now, add salt to taste, aromat powder or chicken powder (½ tsp), vinegar, ginger garlic paste, chili paste, and ginger (1 tsp, finely chopped).
Step 5: Mix nicely. Keep aside for 15 to 20 minutes for marination.
Step 6: Take a bowl. Put corn flour (3 tbsp). Add refined wheat flour (maida) (3 tbsp). Add salt (½ tsp). Add aromat powder (½ tsp). Add crushed black pepper (1 tsp). Add schezwan sauce (½ tsp). Add ginger garlic paste (½ tsp). Add egg (1 piece).
Step 7: Add water as required.
Step 8: Mix and make a smooth and thick batter.
Step 9: Put each chicken lollipop in the batter. Coat it nicely.
Step 10: Heat enough cooking oil in a kadai on a high flame to deep fry the chicken lollipops. When the oil is hot, reduce the flame of your gas stove to medium. Release each lollipop carefully in the hot oil.
Step 11: Half fry them for 4 to 5 minutes. Remove them when they turn to a nice golden color.
Step 12: Half-fry all the lollipops. Keep them on a plate. Set it aside to rest for 2 minutes.
Step 13: After 2 minutes, put them in the oil again. Let them fry for another 4 to 5 minutes.
Step 14: In the meantime, heat 2 tbsp of cooking oil in another kadai or wok. When hot, put 1 tbsp of finely chopped ginger and garlic along with ½ tbsp of fresh green chilies in the oil. Cook them for a minute on high flame. When they start to change color, put onion (2 tbsp, finely chopped).
Step 15: Cook till it changes color. then, add water as required, salt (½ tsp), aromat powder (½ tsp), schezwan sauce (2 tsp), vinegar (1 tsp), soy sauce (1 tsp), and tomato sauce (1 tbsp). Mix and cook on high flame. Finally, mix ½ tsp corn flour in water and add it to the sauce to make it thick.
Step 16: Add fresh spring onions (3 tbsp, finely chopped).
Step 17: Remove half of the sauce and put it in a small bowl.
Step 18: Remove the cooked chicken lollipops as well and put them in the remaining sauce. Toss and mix them.
Step 19: Your spicy homemade chicken lollipops are ready. Garnish them with fresh spring onions and serve them hot with the sauce you kept aside.
Recipe Card
Chicken Lollipop
Ingredients
- 300 gm chicken wings
To marinate the chicken wings:
- Salt To taste
- ½ tsp Aromat powder or chicken powder
- 1 tsp vinegar or lemon juice
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp chili paste or schezwan sauce or chili powder
- 1 tsp ginger finely chopped
To make the batter:
- 3 tbsp corn flour
- 3 tbsp refined wheat flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp Aromat powder
- 1 tsp black pepper crushed
- ½ tsp schezwan sauce
- ½ tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 piece egg
- Water As required
To fry the chicken lollipops:
- Cooking oil An adequate amount
To make the sauce:
- 1 tbsp garlic finely chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger finely chopped
- ½ tbsp green chilies finely chopped
- 2 tbsp onion finely chopped
- 3 tbsp spring onions finely chopped
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- Water As required
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp Aromat powder
- 2 tsp schezwan sauce
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp tomato sauce
- ½ tsp corn flour
Instructions
- Take chicken wings (300 gm) and cut each into two.
- Slit and pull the meat outward.
- Shape the lollipop.
- Repeat the steps for all. Now, add salt to taste, aromat powder or chicken powder (½ tsp), vinegar, ginger garlic paste, chili paste, and ginger (1 tsp, finely chopped).
- Mix nicely. Keep aside for 15 to 20 minutes for marination.
- Take a bowl. Put corn flour (3 tbsp). Add refined wheat flour (maida) (3 tbsp). Add salt (½ tsp). Add aromat powder (½ tsp). Add crushed black pepper (1 tsp). Add schezwan sauce (½ tsp). Add ginger garlic paste (½ tsp). Add egg (1 piece).
- Add water as required.
- Mix and make a smooth and thick batter.
- Put each chicken lollipop in the batter. Coat it nicely.
- Heat enough cooking oil in a kadai on a high flame to deep fry the chicken lollipops. When the oil is hot, reduce the flame of your gas stove to medium. Release each lollipop carefully in the hot oil.
- Half fry them for 4 to 5 minutes. Remove them when they turn to a nice golden color.
- Half-fry all the lollipops. Keep them on a plate. Set it aside to rest for 2 minutes.
- After 2 minutes, put them in the oil again. Let them fry for another 4 to 5 minutes.
- In the meantime, heat 2 tbsp of cooking oil in another kadai or wok. When hot, put 1 tbsp of finely chopped ginger and garlic along with ½ tbsp of fresh green chilies in the oil. Cook them for a minute on high flame. When they start to change color, put onion (2 tbsp, finely chopped).
- Cook till it changes color. then, add water as required, salt (½ tsp), aromat powder (½ tsp), schezwan sauce (2 tsp), vinegar (1 tsp), soy sauce (1 tsp), and tomato sauce (1 tbsp). Mix and cook on high flame. Finally, mix ½ tsp corn flour in water and add it to the sauce to make it thick.
- Add fresh spring onions (3 tbsp, finely chopped).
- Remove half of the sauce and put it in a small bowl.
- Remove the cooked chicken lollipops as well and put them in the remaining sauce. Toss and mix them.
- Your spicy homemade chicken lollipops are ready. Garnish them with fresh spring onions and serve them hot with the sauce you kept aside.
