Chinese lemon chicken

What is Chinese lemon chicken?

Lemon chicken(柠檬鸡) is a traditional dish of China’s Guangdong Province, is of Cantonese. The main ingredients are chicken. Lemon chicken unique flavor, there is hot weather and the effect of appetite. Color coordination, beautiful, texture, crisp outside and tender inside, salty, sour, sweet, skills, unique flavor.

This Chinese lemon chicken is a perfect entry-level court for those who would like to cook Chinese times, but do not buy an extra sauces, spices and powders, and can.
Besides soy sauce you need in principle any Asian ingredient – the tapioca starch, which I like to use for binding Asian sauces or for sprinkling meat, can be replaced by corn starch without problems.
There remains only the soy sauce and is available in every major supermarket.
We particularly like them fresh lemon note along with the delicious sweetness of the sauce – a really simple and delicious dish

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Chinese lemon chicken Recipes

You are crazy about fried lemon chicken they serve you at the Chinese restaurant and want to know how to prepare it? This is not a complex recipe. The alloy chicken with this citrus fruit is really tasty. If you like our French recipe for lemon chicken, you'll love this Chinese recipe for chicken with lemon sauce.

Cuisine

Chicken

Servings

1

Ingredients

• 1 1 chicken breast cut into fillets
• Corn flour or cornstarch
• 1 egg
• 6 tablespoons Lemon Juice
• 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 5 tablespoons water
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• Oil for frying
• Salt and pepper

Cuisine Chicken Servings 1 Ingredients 1 1 chicken breast cut into fillets Corn flour or cornstarch 1 egg 6 tablespoons Lemon Juice 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar 5 tablespoons water 4 tablespoons sugar Oil for frying Salt and pepper

Instructions

1. The first step in preparing your lemon chicken to the Chinese is to clean and cut the chicken breast fillets, if this has not been done to the butcher or market. So you must remove all grease residues and / or bone and cut the chicken breast into thin threads, so to get 5 or 6 pieces. Salt and pepper the chicken breasts in moderation.

   
2. Then, beat the egg in a bowl or container to be breaded chicken breast. Some people opt to marinate the chicken in soy sauce or other condiment in advance to make it tastier. After soaking the chicken in the egg, you must cover the cornstarch or corn flour (you can also opt for wheat flour, but the result will be less consistent) on both sides.

   
3. As for the chicken lemon sauce to the Chinese, first squeeze a lemon to extract its juice. You'll need about 6 tablespoons. Mix one teaspoon of cornflour in 5 tablespoons of water that is not hot. Pour these ingredients with vinegar and sugar in a saucepan and place over medium-high heat. Stir the mixture and leave it on the fire until it boils; it takes a transparent color. Let it cook for a minute or more and your sauce is ready.

   
4. Then fry the chicken you previously coated egg and flour in plenty of oil. We recommend using a gentle oil that does not give too much flavor for frying, such as sunflower or olive fresh. Make sure the chicken breasts are browned on all sides to the interior is also well done, and once fried, remove the fillets from the pan and place them on paper towels to remove excess oil.

   
5. Then fry the chicken you previously coated egg and flour in plenty of oil. We recommend using a gentle oil that does not give too much flavor for frying, such as sunflower or olive fresh. Make sure the chicken breasts are browned on all sides to the interior is also well done, and once fried, remove the fillets from the pan and place them on paper towels to remove excess oil.

   

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