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Chinese lemon chicken

Name: How to cook Chinese lemon chicken - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Santy Coy

Chinese lemon chicken

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Ingredient

Food ration :

Serves 4 servings

Cooking time :

30 minutes

750 g

boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs and cut into 1 inch pieces

eggs lightly beaten

1/2 cup

all-purpose flour

1/2 cup

+ 1 tbsp cornstarch

1/4 cup

sugar

1/3 cup

chicken broth

1 tsp

lemon zest

3 tbsp

lemon juice

2 tbsp

rice vinegar

1/4 tsp

salt

garlic cloves, minced

1 tbsp

cornstarch

1 tbsp

water

1-2 drop

yellow colouring (optional)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Place the egg, salt and pepper in a bowl. Stir to combine.

* Step 2

Place the flour and 1/2 cup of cornstarch in a shallow bowl. Stir to combine.

* Step 3

Dip each piece of chicken into the egg mixture, then into the flour. Repeat the process with all of the chicken.

* Step 4

Heat 3 inches of oil in a deep pan to 170ºC

* Step 5

Add the chicken pieces into the pan. Cook for 5 minutes or until crispy and golden brown. Repeat the process with the remaining chicken.

* Step 6

Place the fried chicken pieces onto the plate with paper towel allowing the excess oil to drain and set aside.

* Step 7

In a wok, on medium heat, heat all the lemon sauce ingredients.

* Step 8

In a separate small bowl, combine 1 tbsp cornstarch with 1 tsp water to make the slurry. Add the slurry to the sauce and continue to heat and stir until sauce is thickened.