Chilli chicken

{{Short description|Indo-Chinese dish}}

{{Infobox prepared food

| name = Chilli chicken

| image = Chicken Chilli.JPG

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Dry chilli chicken

| country = Kolkata, India

| region = India

| creator =

| course = Starters

| served = Hot

| main_ingredient = Chicken, ginger and garlic paste, lemon juice

| variations =

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| other =

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Chilli chicken is a popular Indo-Chinese dish that uses chicken, and is of Hakka Chinese heritage.{{cite web|title=Chilli Chicken|url=http://www.khanakhazana.com/recipes/view.aspx?id=175|publisher=Khana Khazana|access-date=17 April 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/metro-morning-food-guide-suresh-doss-1.4424438|title=People love this Hakka restaurant's chili chicken so much, they've tried to crack the recipe|last=Doss|first=Suresh|date=Nov 30, 2017|website=CBC.ca}} In India, this may include a variety of dry chicken preparations.{{cite web|title=Live to eat|url=http://blog.sigsiv.com/2007/05/chilli-chicken.html|work=blog.sigsiv.com|access-date=17 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509064818/http://blog.sigsiv.com/2007/05/chilli-chicken.html|archive-date=9 May 2012|url-status=dead}} Though mainly boneless chicken is used in this dish, some recipes also use bone-in chicken.