Chinese Lemon Chicken. 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.

Why on earth would you want to ruin a dish with instant lemon pudding? A worldwide favourite, Chinese Lemon Chicken is loved by many because of the flavours and texture you get in every mouthful. Whether it's the tangy lemon sauce or the crispy chicken breast pieces, good take-out is hard to find.

Hello everybody, I hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chinese lemon chicken. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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

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.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook chinese lemon chicken using 24 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

Composition of Chinese Lemon Chicken:

Require 500 g chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces.
You need - Vegetable oil for frying.
Need Fried red capsicum for garnish.
Give Slice lemon for garnish.
Prepare - chicken marinate.
Require 3/4 tsp for salt.
Prepare 1/2 egg white.
Need 1/2 tsp for white pepper.
Give 3/4 teaspoon for sugar.
You need 2 teaspoon for chinese cooking wine.
Require 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce.
Give 1 tablespoon - corn starch.
Provide coating flour mix.
You need 100 g - corn flour.
Need 100 g for plain flour.
Prepare 1 teaspoon baking powder.
Require 1/2 tsp - salt.
Give LEMON SAUCE:.
Give 4 tablespoon honey.
Need 5 tsp of sugar.
Provide 200 ml for water.
Give for Lemon zest, from 2 lemons.
Need 2 tsp - corn starch.
You need 3 tbsp - lemon juice.

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.

Chinese Lemon Chicken step by step:

For marinate the chicken: Cut the chicken breast into boneless bite-size..
Add salt, egg white, white pepper, sugar, Shaoxing wine, light soy sauce, and cornstarch. Mix well..
Marinate for at least 2 hours or overnight in the refrigerator..
For Coating the chicken for deep frying: Combine corn flour, plain flour, baking powder and salt as flour mix.
Add the flour mix to the chicken pieces. Add more if it is insufficient to cover all the chicken. Any excess flour will fall off from the chicken..
Shake off the excess flour. Deep fried in hot oil at 180°C/350°F for four minutes or when the color turns golden brown..
Remove the chicken from the oil. Drain the oil on a kitchen towel and set aside..
For making the lemon sauce: Place the sugar, constarch and water in a small pot or saucepan. Remove it when the sugar is dissolved, the sauce thickens and turns translucent..
Set aside until it returns to room temperature..
Add the honey, lemon juice, lemon zest to the cornstarch mixture that has cool down to room temperature. Mix well..
Place the chicken on a large piece of lettuce..
Drizzle the sauce on the chicken. Garnish with fried red capsicum and slices lemon..

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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