What spices are in a chinese chicken curry?

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What spices are in a chinese chicken curry?

Answer 1

For me the Chinese curry is only a sauce not an actual dish, I have had it may countrys when I was chef for 20+ years, plenty of garlic and ginger is important, now curry powder, alot of chinese places will use a Malay one, it has more cinnimon and some star anise in it for a licorice tone, that fine, but plain Indian style is fine.

I coarsely chopped the ginger and slice the garlic, saute it in oil and then the curry powder, stock, soya sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and a bit of seame oil thicken it with a cornstarch/cornflour slurry, then I proceed to cook the meat/seafood or poultry and veg, for me onions and some celery is all I like but green pepper is fine to, stir fry the lot, let it steam saute covered for 2-3 minutes, then add the sauce and simmer for another 2-3 minutes before serving, a taste is a good idea, so you can adjust the seasoning before it goes to the table or on your starch, plain rice is nice, I like the broad rice noodles (Chow Fun), either fresh or the dried soaked and lightly steamed/boiled ones, as for spicy tones for me when doing the base I ieither add fresh chillis or a good helping of Thai chilli flakes for some heat, but this is your choice, even a bit cayenne or hot sauce is o.k at the end.

Answer 2

quite a few. sauce, bell pepper, red pepper and salt.

by the way the chinese do not have curry dish.

Answer 3

The Chinese do not have a curry dish as such. The stuff they sell in British restaurants is to cater for us.

Answer 4

Just generic curry powder, use 1-2 tbsps.

Saute onions, curry powder, ginger & garlic.  Add chicken & salt.  Add either water, chicken stock or coconut milk.  Toss in some bell peppers and that's it!!

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/chickenr...

Answer 5

mmmm curry :P