Chicken momo is made of minced chicken mixed with onions, spring onions, and other ingredients, used as a stuffing inside a cover made from maida. It is then steamed and served. The process to make chicken momo at home is quite easy, as you will learn going through my recipe.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Chicken momo can be made very easily at home.
- Serve them hot along with momos chutney and soup.
- The taste of chicken momo is juicy, mildly spicy and savory.
- The similar dishes are minced soya momos, paneer momos, pork momos, fish momos, egg momos, and mutton momos.
The Ingredients:
To make the chicken stuffing:
- 300 gram boneless chicken (minced)
- ½ cup onion (finely chopped)
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup spring onion
- 1 tsp black soy sauce
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 2 tbsp white refined oil
- 1 cube cheese (grated, optional)
To make the dough:
- 2 cup refined wheat flour (maida)
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- ½ tsp salt
- Water – As required
- Cellophane paper – To cover the dough
To steam the chicken momos:
- Water – An adequate amount
To serve the momos:
- Momos soup – A bowl
- Momos chutney or sauce – A bowl
I got this recipe from an old school friend who visited me after a long time. While catching up, she made this dish in my kitchen. It was delicious and filled the room with nostalgia, aroma, and ecstasy. I closely watched her make the dish and therefore did not ask her separately for the recipe. After she left, I made it again soon after.
My husband said it tasted like memory, and my boys liked the new touch to the traditional chicken momos they usually have from the roadside stalls. Now, it is our reunion recipe. That day reminded me that friendships age like fine ingredients—waiting for the right moment to be stirred again into warm, comforting flavors that only old bonds can create.
How to Make Chicken Momos? (Step by Step Guide with Images)
Step 1: To make the dough, take 2 cup refined wheat flour (maida), 1 tbsp cooking oil, and ½ tsp salt in a bowl. Mix all of them nicely.
Step 2: Add water gradually as required and knead it to make a hard dough. Rub a bit of refined oil and cover it with a cellophane paper. Let it set for 20 to 30 mins.
Step 3: By this time, make the stuffing for chicken momo. In a bowl take 300 gram boneless chicken (minced) and add ½ cup onion (finely chopped), ½ tsp salt, ½ cup spring onion, 1 tsp black soy sauce, ½ tsp black pepper powder, 1 tsp vinegar, 2 tbsp white refined oil.
Step 4: Follow it with, 1 cheese cube (grated).
Step 5: Mix everything very nicely and leave it to marinate for 20 minutes.
Step 6: Now, remove the cellophane cover from the dough. Knead it slightly again and make small balls of it.
Step 7: Roll them thinly. Put about 1 tbsp of chicken momo stuffing in it. Apply little bit water on the side.
Step 8: Wrap the edges together.
Step 9: Give it a shape of a momo.
Step 10: Now take a plate with holes in it, as shown in the image. Grease it with a little bit of refined oil.
Step 11: Place the momos, each at a distance.
Step 12: Take a saucepan with water. Place the tray on top of the saucepan with boiling water.
Step 13: Cover it and let it steam for 15 minutes on medium heat.
Step 14: Take them out very carefully when done because the momos will be very soft and tender.
Step 15: Your homemade delicious chicken momo is ready to serve with momo soup and chutney.
Recipe Card
Chicken Momo
Ingredients
To make the chicken stuffing:
- 300 gram boneless chicken minced
- ½ cup onion finely chopped
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup spring onion
- 1 tsp black soy sauce
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 2 tbsp white refined oil
- 1 cube cheese grated, optional
To make the dough:
- 2 cup refined wheat flour maida
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- ½ tsp salt
- Water As required
- Cellophane paper To cover the dough
To steam the chicken momos:
- Water An adequate amount
To serve the momos:
- Momos soup A bowl
- Momos chutney or sauce A bowl
Instructions
- To make the dough, take 2 cup refined wheat flour (maida), 1 tbsp cooking oil, and ½ tsp salt in a bowl. Mix all of them nicely.
- Add water gradually as required and knead it to make a hard dough. Rub a bit of refined oil and cover it with a cellophane paper. Let it set for 20 to 30 mins.
- By this time, make the stuffing for chicken momo. In a bowl take 300 gram boneless chicken (minced) and add ½ cup onion (finely chopped), ½ tsp salt, ½ cup spring onion, 1 tsp black soy sauce, ½ tsp black pepper powder, 1 tsp vinegar, 2 tbsp white refined oil.
- Follow it with, 1 cheese cube (grated).
- Mix everything very nicely and leave it to marinate for 20 minutes.
- Now, remove the cellophane cover from the dough. Knead it slightly again and make small balls of it.
- Roll them thinly. Put about 1 tbsp of chicken momo stuffing in it. Apply little bit water on the side.
- Wrap the edges together.
- Give it a shape of a momo.
- Now take a plate with holes in it, as shown in the image. Grease it with a little bit of refined oil.
- Place the momos, each at a distance.
- Take a saucepan with water. Place the tray on top of the saucepan with boiling water.
- Cover it and let it steam for 15 minutes on medium heat.
- Take them out very carefully when done because the momos will be very soft and tender.
- Your homemade delicious chicken momo is ready to serve with momo soup and chutney.
