Lemon chicken

Richard Chua
Richard Chua @cook_28210143

Crispy battered chicken pieces smothered in a sweet & tangy lemon sauce. This lemon chicken is easy to make & perfect for a weeknight dinner!

Lemon chicken

Crispy battered chicken pieces smothered in a sweet & tangy lemon sauce. This lemon chicken is easy to make & perfect for a weeknight dinner!

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Ingredients

30 minutes
2 pax
  1. Lemon Sauce
  2. 1 cupsliced lemon (silk)
  3. 2 tbspsugar
  4. 0.25 cupwhite vinegar
  5. 0.25 cupfresh lemon jc
  6. 1.5 tbsphoney
  7. 1 tbspcustard powder
  8. 1 lbchicken breast
  9. Marinade
  10. 1 tspsalt
  11. 1 tbspshaoxing cooking wine
  12. 0.25 tspblack pepper
  13. 1 tbspcorn starch
  14. 1 tbspcustard powder
  15. 1nos egg
  16. Crispy Coating
  17. 6 cupcorn starch

Cooking Instructions

30 minutes
  1. 1

    Cut the lemon (first peeled and shred) to thin slices, and squeeze lemon meat into juice.

  2. 2

    Prepare lemon sauce: in a mixing bowl, add thinly sliced lemon silk, sugar, white vinegar, honey, lemon, and custard powder. Stir to mix evenly

  3. 3

    Cut the chicken breast into thin slices and use the back of the knife pounding on each piece to tenderize the meat

  4. 4

    In a mixing bowl, marinated chicken breasts with salt, Shaoxing wine, black pepper powder, cornstarch, custard powder, and egg.

  5. 5

    Coating: Put starch in the tray so that each piece of chicken can be evenly coated with starch.

  6. 6

    In a heated work, deep-fry the chicken at oil temperature 300-350°F (150-180°C)  until slightly golden. Remove from oil. Wait a couple of minutes (this is to let the oil temperature goes up a little.)

  7. 7

    Re-fry quickly until golden. Remove and drain with a strainer

  8. 8

    Pour the prepared lemon sauce to skillet, and cook 1 to 2 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened. Stir to loosen particles from bottom of skillet.

  9. 9

    Pour the sauce over chicken. Serve immediately

  10. 10

    Enjoy your lemon chicken !! 😊

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Comments (2)

kentsmithnz
kentsmithnz @cook_3493752
Lemon sauce was quite vinegary. Try it with a bit less than the 1/4 of a cup.

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