KFC Style Hot Shots with Arabian Rice

Updated June 13' 2021

If you’re like my family, you probably have that one favorite restaurant dish that you could eat all day, every day!

But whether you’re on a budget or just feeling too lazy, or dining out every day is probably not feasible, or you are away from home and miss all those restaurant food.. I’ve found the perfect way to bring the restaurant at home!

This KFC-style hotshots with Arabian Rice recipe that you can cook at home to recreate until the real deal is available!

Unfortunately, though, you’ll have to do the dishes!

Ingredients:

For hotshots:

 

Chicken boneless - 1 1/2 lbs

Salt 1/2 teaspoon 

Black pepper 1/2 teaspoon 

Mustard powder 1/2 teaspoon 

Paprika 1/2 teaspoon 

Vinegar 1 tablespoon 

Chili garlic sauce 2 tablespoon 

Batter:

All purpose flour  - 4 tablespoons 

Corn flour 4 tablespoons 

Salt 1/2 teaspoon 

Baking powder 1 teaspoon 

White pepper 1/2 teaspoon 

Chilli sauce 2 tablespoons 

Chilled milk - to make a smooth batter

Coating:

All purpose flour 1 cup

Baking powder 1 teaspoon 

For Rice:

Rice 2 cups - soaked and drained

Oil 1/4 - 1/2 cup

Cloves (longien) 4-5

Salt 2 teaspoon or to taste 

Garam masala powder 1/2 teaspoon 

Freen chilies - 3/4

Yellow food color 

Sauce: 

Chili garlic sauce 1 tablespoon

Ketchup 1 tablespoon

Chili sauce 2 tablespoons 

For rice: heat oil, add cloves and cook till you start getting the aroma 

add soaked and drained rice, add salt and all spice powder, mix for 2 -3 minutes

add water, enough to cook rice.... (for 2 cups of rice add 3 1/2 cup water)... cover and cook on high flame till you see only bubbles over rice

take around 1 cup of rice out of that... add food color and mix

add in remaining rice... dont mix... cover and simmer

mix in after 5 minutes... add sliced green chilies... cover, simmer and cook till rice get tender completely,

For Hot Shots:


add chicken in a bowl... marinate with salt, b.pepper, mustard pd, paprika

then add vinegar, chili garlic sauce... mix... and leave for 15 minutes

then make a batter in a bowl in flour, corn flour, salt, baking powder, white pepper, paprika, chili sauce, and make a smooth batter with chilled milk

add all chicken marinated chicken in batter

separately mix, flour with baking powder... pick one piece at a time... roll each piece in dry flour mixture ...roll them 3-4 times...

and deep fry all of them

make a sauce mixing all ingredients

now, assembling:

place the cooked rice on serving platter... place the chicken pieces over them.... drizzle the sauce over it and serve