Chicken lollipop is a popular Indian

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. Chicken lollipop is essentially a ''frenched'' chicken winglet, wherein the meat is cut loose from the bone end and pushed down, creating a

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appearance.

Recipe

Recipes vary at different restaurants. However, many start by using the middle segment of the chicken wing or thigh. The middle segment has one of the two bones removed, and the flesh on the segments is pushed to one end of the bone. These are then coated in a spicy red batter whose main ingredients include red chili powder, and

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. The coated chicken is then marinated for a couple of hours. The marinated chicken is usually deep fried in oil, but another choice is baking the chicken. The exposed bone is sometimes wrapped in aluminum foil.

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