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The best Chilli Chicken in Kolkata

Also spelt chilly chicken, dry chilli chicken, chili chicken and Tangra chilli chicken. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Chung Wah

    Chandni Chowk, Chittaranjan Avenue College Street and Bowbazar

    Open
    Noon to 10.30pm, 9.30pm Sundays and Mondays
    Where
    Gate No 2, 13A Chittaranjan Avenue, near Chandni Chowk metro, Kolkata 700072

    Fried chilli chicken and fried rice, in one of the wooden cabins if you can get one. Office lunches take every table between one and two. Sundays and Mondays it shuts an hour earlier.

    What to orderFried chilli chicken with fried rice

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  2. Number 2.Beijing Restaurant

    Tangra (Chinatown) Sealdah, Maniktala and Beleghata

    Open
    Noon to 10.30pm daily
    Where
    105 Topsia North Road, opposite Golden Empire, Tangra, Kolkata 700046

    Order the special chilli chicken dry, then golden fried prawns if there are four of you. Seasoning leans hard on soy and green chilli, so ask them to go easy. Lanes around are potholed.

    What to orderSpecial chilli chicken, dry

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  3. Number 3.Kafulok

    Tangra (Chinatown) Sealdah, Maniktala and Beleghata

    Open
    11am to 11pm daily
    Where
    47 New Tangra Road, by the Chinese Kali Mandir, Tangra, Kolkata 700046

    Ask for the dry chilli chicken and a plate of fried wontons. Portions come in three sizes and the large defeats most tables, so start small. Families fill the room from about eight.

    What to orderDry chilli chicken with fried wontons

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  4. Kim Fa

    Tangra (Chinatown) Sealdah, Maniktala and Beleghata

    Open
    11am to 2.30pm, 6pm to 10pm
    Where
    41 Matheswartala Road, just past the Chinese Kali temple, Tangra, Kolkata 700046

    The dry chilli chicken here comes loaded with green chillies and a faint sweetness. It sits just past the Chinese Kali temple. Kitchen shuts at half two and reopens at six, so time the trip.

    What to orderDry chilli chicken, heavy on green chillies

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  5. Ah Leung (Ah Yung)

    Tangra (Chinatown) Sealdah, Maniktala and Beleghata

    Open
    9am to 2pm, 6pm to 9.30pm, shut Wednesdays
    Where
    147 Matheswartala Road, Tangra, Kolkata 700046

    Dry chilli chicken with singhara chow is the pairing, eaten in a family's front room rather than a restaurant. They close on Wednesdays and the kitchen stops at two before evening service.

    What to orderDry chilli chicken with singhara chow

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  6. Golden Joy

    Tangra (Chinatown) Sealdah, Maniktala and Beleghata

    Open
    11am to 11pm daily
    Where
    50 Matheswartala Road, Topsia, Tangra, Kolkata 700046

    Dry chilli chicken first, then the mixed Hakka chow. The family cook steamed dishes for themselves, so ask what came in fresh that morning. Weekends and the festival weeks are packed, and booking helps.

    What to orderChilli chicken dry with mixed Hakka chow

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  7. D'Ley Chinese Eating House

    Tiretta Bazar, Poddar Court College Street and Bowbazar

    Open
    Noon to 10pm, Sunday breaks 3pm to 6pm
    Where
    16 Blackburn Lane, Tiretta Bazar, Poddar Court, Kolkata 700073

    Smoky chilli chicken, then the Hakka chow, which arrives in a quantity built for two. There are only a handful of tables in this Blackburn Lane room, so avoid the one o'clock rush.

    What to orderSmoky chilli chicken with Hakka chow

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  8. Jimmy's Kitchen

    Mullick Bazar, Elgin Park Street and Camac Street

    Open
    Noon to 11pm daily
    Where
    7/1A Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Mullick Bazar, Elgin, Kolkata 700017

    Chilli chicken with the rice noodles, an order chefs in the city make at home. Use the Mullick Bazar room, not the Jodhpur Park branch. Parking on AJC Bose Road is grim.

    What to orderChilli chicken with rice noodles

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  9. Kimli

    Golpark, Gariahat Ballygunge and Gariahat

    Open
    12.30pm to 10.30pm daily
    Where
    56 Purna Das Road, Golpark, Gariahat, Kolkata 700029

    Chilli chicken with mixed fried rice, cooked Tangra style by the second generation of the family. Golpark saves you the drive east. Portions are generous, so three dishes feed four people comfortably.

    What to orderChilli chicken with mixed fried rice

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  10. Pou Hing Eating House

    Tiretta Bazar, Poddar Court College Street and Bowbazar

    Open
    11am to 10pm, shut Sundays
    Where
    Suniyat Street Lane, Tiretta Bazar, Poddar Court, Kolkata 700012

    Dry sesame chilli chicken is what to order, with mixed gravy noodles beside it. The lane off Tiretta Bazar takes some finding and seating is tight. Closed on Sundays, so plan a weekday.

    What to orderDry sesame chilli chicken

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  11. Tung Fong

    Free School Street, Park Street Park Street and Camac Street

    Open
    Noon to 10.30pm daily
    Where
    Karnani Mansion, 25B Free School Street, Taltala, Kolkata 700016

    Chilli chicken dry is the order, with the chilli garlic pepper chicken beside it. Same owner as Beijing in Tangra, without the drive east. Dinner brings a wait, so come early.

    What to orderChilli chicken dry

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  12. Cantonese Restaurant

    Poddar Nagar, Jadavpur Tollygunge, Jadavpur and Garia

    Open
    Noon to 11pm daily
    Where
    28 Raja Subodh Chandra Mallick Road, Poddar Nagar, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032

    A plain room near Poddar Nagar that Jadavpur families have used for years; the chilli chicken goes with Cantonese noodles. It fills up after eight at weekends, though the kitchen keeps going until eleven.

    What to orderChilli chicken with Cantonese noodles

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