Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, chinese lemon chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The key ingredients for Chinese lemon chicken Chicken: breast versus thigh meat. 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.
Chinese Lemon Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Chinese Lemon Chicken is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have chinese lemon chicken using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chinese Lemon Chicken:
- Prepare 500 g Diced Chicken
- Make ready 6 Large Spring Onions
- Make ready 30 ml Sunflower Oil
- Make ready 1/2 Bulb Garlic
- Make ready 1 Cup Chicken Stock
- Take Zest 2 Lemons
- Take Juice of 4 Lemons
- Make ready 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
- Take 1 tsp Cider Vinegar (or any white vinegar)
- Take 75 ml Pure Natural Maple Syrup (or 16tbs Sugar/Alternative)
- Prepare 300 ml Water
- Take 4 tbsp Cornflour
- Get to taste Pepper
- Prepare Knob Butter
This is why having your own recipe is just as important as having a take-out menu in your kitchen. The first step to making Chinese lemon chicken is to batter and fry your chicken pieces. I use chunks of boneless skinless chicken breasts, but chicken thighs will also work just fine. The chicken pieces are dipped in a seasoned egg mixture, then coated in a blend of cornstarch and flour.
Steps to make Chinese Lemon Chicken:
- Gently fry Chicken and Spring Onions in Oil
- Add Garlic, Stock, Lemon Zest, Lemon Juice, Soy Sauce, Vinegar & Maple Syrup (or sweetener of choice)
- Simmer on low heat for 5-10 mins.
- Mix together Cold Water and Cornflour, then add to simmering pan. Stir and remove from heat when thickened.
- Add Pepper to taste.
- Stir in a knob of butter to add shine.
- Serve with Rice or Noodles of choice (I always opt for Brown Rice varieties)
- For future recipes,you can adjust lemon, soy, syrup, pepper etc. according to your own taste!
- I don't eat sugar if I can help it but if eating sugar doesn't bother you, you can replace the Maple Syrup with around 200g sugar
The lemon sauce was absolutely divine; not sickly sweet as in Chinese restaurants but light, clear with a rich citrus flavor. I also used a dutch oven to fry the pieces. Chinese Lemon Chicken is a Chinese food favorite and one of my go to's because the sauce is so easy to make and has such a great sweet and sour flavor without needing all the red food coloring. Just a few ingredients and you'll be glad you didn't pick up the phone and call your favorite delivery spot. This Chinese Lemon Chicken recipe is destined to become a new family favorite thanks to the intoxicating sauce and EXTRA crispy chicken.
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