With over 5000 named dishes, Chinese cuisine is as varied as the country’s different people and geographical areas. Being among the top Chinese restaurants in Chicago, the chefs at Usmania Chinese are always busy to serve their customers with unique Chinese delicacies.
Some amazing Chinese chicken recipes are famous all over the globe. This article exclusively mentions the top 5 chicken entrees offered by Usmania Chinese that are authentic, sensational and reflect true Chinese flavors. Continue below to read more about these stunning dishes.
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Source: Tastes Better From Scratch
Sweet and Sour Chicken is a classic Chinese dish that is sweet and sour, spicy and tangy. Our expert chefs season bite-sized chicken chunks with salt and black pepper and fry them after dipping into whisked eggs and coating with cornflour. The ingredients of the famous sauce are using chicken stock, brown sugar, tomato sauce, soy sauce, and vinegar. Fried chicken pieces and the sauce are combined. Pineapple chunks and green/yellow peppers are also added for a beautiful dish that will keep you asking for more and more. It is served with steamed rice so you can enjoy the authentic sweet and tangy taste of this succulent dish.
Orange Chicken
Source: Foodies
This divine dish consists of chopped, battered and fried chicken pieces coated in a sweet orange-flavored chili sauce, which thickens or caramelizes to a glaze. The way we do it here at Usmania Chinese will be unlike anywhere you have had Orange chicken before. To prepare the dish, our chefs cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and marinate them with egg and cornflour. They deep-fry the chicken and prepare the sauce using orange juice as the base with brown sugar, salt, red chili flakes, ginger and garlic as seasonings. The chefs then thicken the sauce by adding cornflour and leaving it to simmer with the chicken pieces inside. This flavorsome dish is served with white rice so you can thoroughly enjoy the taste of Orange Chicken.
As Orange Chicken is one of the most popular chicken entrees in America, here is a link to some wonderful variations of this dish that you can try at home.
Szechuan Chicken
Source: Omnivore’s Cookbook
Szechuan Chicken is a delightful cuisine with a perfect harmony of sweetness and spiciness in one savory dish. Szechuan chicken is a sweet and spicy dish from the Chinese province of Sichuan. It incorporates the Szechuan peppercorn or chili peppers that lend a slightly citrusy and extremely spicy flavor to the whole dish.
Our expert chefs marinate the bite-sized chicken pieces with salt, white pepper, soy sauce, and rice vinegar, and stir-fried in a bit of oil. Then, they roast the Szechuan peppercorns and red chili until fragrant and add other ingredients such as ginger, garlic, sesame oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar. The final steps include the addition of vegetables including green and yellow bell peppers, green onions or scallion and nuts (peanut or cashews). This fiery dish includes a serving of white rice for a complete meal.
Mongolian Chicken
Source: Sweet and Savory Meals
Mongolian chicken consists of crispy slices of chicken breast stir-fried in a sweet and savory sauce. The chicken is perfectly crispy on the edges and the sauce has the perfect balance of flavors. The recipe starts with coating small chicken pieces in cornflour and deep-frying them. The chefs add these chicken chunks to a yummy sauce made using brown sugar, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and green onion. You can enjoy it with the steamed rice served along. If you try this sweet and spicy dish once at Usmania Chinese, we can guarantee that it will be on constant rotation in your outing plans.
Chicken with Garlic Sauce
Source: The Cookful
Chicken with garlic sauce is another amazingly flavorful recipe and you will enjoy every bite of it. The recipe includes bite-sized chicken pieces that are marinated with salt and cornflour. Sauce ingredients include Minced garlic, ginger, sugar, chicken broth, soy sauce, mustard oil, rice vinegar, and cornflour. The chefs add the chicken to the gravy and let it simmer. This rich and garlic-flavored Chinese dish has a wonderful aroma and an equally wonderful taste. You can enjoy Garlic Chicken with steamed rice served with it.
End Note
Chicago has a league of its own when it comes to food. This is why you can find some of the top Chinese restaurants in Chicago. Usmania Chinese is among the top Chinese restaurants in Chicago, which is why you will enjoy anything you order. If you are a foodie and a Chinese food enthusiast, you will love the above-mentioned chicken entrees.