Hot Garlic Sauce

Ingredients list for Hot Garlic Sauce

• 10-12 dried red chillies , seeded and soaked for 15 minutes
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic 
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
•  Salt to taste
•  Crushed black peppercorns to taste
• 2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 250 grams boneless chicken , cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 medium onion , cubed and layers separated
• 1 medium tomato , cubed
• 1 medium yellow capsicum , cubed
• Diagonally sliced spring onion greens for garnish

Method

1. Drain red chillies and put into a blender jar, add a little of the water in which the chillies were soaked and blend to a fine paste.
2. Heat oil in a non-stick pan, add garlic and sauté for ½ minute. Add red chilli paste, mix and saute till the oil separates.
3. Add ½ cup water and mix well. Add soy sauce, salt, crushed peppercorns, tomato ketchup and sugar, mix and cook for a minute. Add vinegar and mix.
4. Transfer some of the sauce into a serving bowl and set aside.
5. Add chicken pieces to the sauce remaining in the pan, mix well and cook for 4-5 minutes. Add salt and toss. Add onion, tomato and yellow capsicum, mix well and cook till chicken is done.
6. Remove the pan from heat, transfer into a serving bowl, garnish with spring onion springs and serve with the hot garlic sauce in the bowl.