Chinese Lemon Chicken
Chinese Lemon Chicken

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chinese lemon chicken. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Chinese Lemon Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Chinese Lemon Chicken is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chinese lemon chicken using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chinese Lemon Chicken:
  1. Make ready big chicken breasts(for family of 4)
  2. Prepare table spoons soy sauce
  3. Take salt
  4. Prepare table spoons black pepper
  5. Make ready cumin
  6. Take eggs
  7. Prepare regular or corn flour
  8. Get Sause
  9. Get lemon zest
  10. Take Couple of lemon(slices)
  11. Get tea spoons honey
  12. Prepare tea spoons sugar
  13. Take salt
  14. Make ready lemon juice
  15. Prepare table spoons of slurry(flour mixed with water)
  16. Get chicken stock
  17. Take table spoons olive oil
  18. Make ready Sesame seeds

You can use either chicken breast or thigh meat for the Chinese lemon chicken. Cut the chicken breast into boneless bite-size, either with the skin on or removed. Asian prefers chicken thigh over breast meat. Some chefs like to leave the bone on as well and cut the chicken into small chunks.

Instructions to make Chinese Lemon Chicken:
  1. Clean the chicken, cut it into small/medium pieces. Add the seasonings,pepper,salt,cumin,soy sauce and if you prefer to add anything else. Leave it over night in the fridge.
  2. Next day, add 2 eggs,and the flour and mix them. Put the chicken back in the fridge for about 15-20minutes.
  3. Meanwhile the chicken is in the the fridge, start boiling the oil as it takes time.
  4. Now fry the chicken in a deep pan and put it on the side untill sause is ready.
  5. Sause, use a small pan. Put the oil, lemon zest, chicken stock (I used the powder)sugar,salt and honey. Mix well. Put the lemon slices and leave the sause to boil for about 30minutes.
  6. Remove the lemon slices,add the slurry, i added alittle more flour and keep mixing to make the flour dissolve. Add sesame seeds,and pour the sause on the chicken.
  7. Use a colander to keep the sause without any lemon pieces/zest. The sause is ready.

Asian prefers chicken thigh over breast meat. Some chefs like to leave the bone on as well and cut the chicken into small chunks. HOW TO MAKE CHINESE LEMON CHICKEN Once your chicken has marinated, pour chicken WITH the marinade out into the corn starch. Coat chicken pieces evenly, massaging the corn starch around the chicken. Fry in batches, being careful not to overcrowd your pan or wok, until golden, crispy and cooked through.

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