Yen Can Cook ~ Lemon Chicken
Lemon Chicken, a popular dish that is served at Chinese restaurants for good reason. Chicken pieces deep fried to golden brown served with zesty lemon sauce that add a refreshing flavor to this vibrant dish.
Ingredients (Serve: 3-4)
600g chicken breast/thigh, cut into thin strips or small cubes
Cooking oil
Spring onion for garnishing (optional)
Marinade
2 teaspoons Chinese Shaoxing wine/Chinese cooking wine
3 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1.5 teaspoons corn flour
Coating
90g all purpose flour
60g corn flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
Sauce
60ml lemon juice
200ml water
60g caster sugar
2 teaspoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon Chinese Shaoxing wine/ Chinese cooking wine
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon corn flour + 1.5 tablespoons water (cornstarch slurry)
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Steps 1: In a bowl add in all the marinade ingredients, mix to combine. Add in chicken pieces, rub the marinade over the chicken. Leave to marinate for 10 – 20 minutes.
Step 2: In a plate, combine all the coating ingredients, set aside. Take out the marinated chicken (Step 1) and bring to room temperature.
Step 5: Drizzle the lemon sauce (Step 4) on the fried chicken pieces (Step 3), garnish with the spring onion. Serve.
HAPPY COOKING! #stayhealthy #staysafe
Although I love the crispiness of the fried chicken pieces and the tangy flavours of lemon, I try not to order this coz I know (at the back of my mind) it needs quite a bit of sugar to balance out the sourness of the lemon. Yours look delicious and I know my son would enjoy this since it’s boneless…lol! 😀
Kris, yes, the sugar amount really shocked me, perhaps I can reduce the rice vinegar to make it less acidic.
This is one of my favorite dishes at Chinese restaurant. However, some of them use artificial lemon flavor and it really spoils the taste. I know yours is delicious because you use lemon juice. I never attempted this dish because I am too lazy LOL!
PH, it’s a really successful attempt and I made it again the week after this initial attempt.
Macam restaurant quality!
KY, better than restaurant as I use natural ingredient (the lemon) for the sauce, haha!