Takeout Lemon Chicken

Name: Takeout Lemon Chicken
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts; 1 egg; Zest of 1 lemon; to taste Salt; 2 cups flour; 2 lemons juiced; 1/3 cups granulated sugar; 2/3 cups water; 1 tbsp cornstarch

Tardis @cook_19375953

Takeout Lemon Chicken

Tardis @cook_19375953

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Ingredients

20 minutes

6 servings

2chicken breasts
1egg
Zest of 1 lemon
to tasteSalt
2 cupsflour
2lemons juiced
1/3 cupsgranulated sugar
2/3 cupswater
1 tbspcornstarch

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Marinate cut up chicken breasts (5x5cm) for 15 min in one egg, zest of one lemon and salt to taste.
2

Coat marinated chicken in flour and shallow fry at 350f in batches for 3-4 minutes per batch.
3

Drain chicken and set aside.
4

In a wok dissolve sugar in water and lemon juice at medium heat. Once sugar is completely dissolved add cornstarch slurry (mix 1xpart cornstarch to 1 part water) and cook until desired consistency. Remove from heat and toss in cooked chicken.
5

Serve immediately, you can add sesame seeds for garnish.