Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, lemon chicken (chinese style). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

A step-by-step picture recipe for Chinese style lemon chicken. Lemon chicken is quite a common dish in Chinese restaurants in India and it's always been one of my favorites. Although, I have seen the dish featured here in some Chinese places, it's not as common and popular as its sister dish, Orange. This is my newly developed Chinese lemon chicken recipe that has been well tested.

Lemon chicken (chinese style) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Lemon chicken (chinese style) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon chicken (chinese style) using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon chicken (chinese style):

1. Prepare MARINATE
2. Get 2 tbsp soy sauce
3. Get 1 pinch of salt
4. Get BATTER
5. Take 1 egg
6. Get 1/2 tsp baking powder
7. Take 1/4 cup water.
8. Prepare 1 pinch of salt
9. Get 1 pinch of pepper
10. Make ready 3/4 cup corn flour
11. Take SAUCE
12. Prepare 2 tbsp lemon juice
13. Prepare 1/4 cup sugar
14. Take 3/4 cup chicken broth
15. Prepare 1 tbsp corn flour
16. Take 2 tbsp butter
17. Make ready 3 slice lemon
18. Make ready 1 yellow food coloring (optional)
19. Take MAIN INGREDIENT
20. Take 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast (cut into cubes)

This Chinese lemon chicken is crispy battered chicken breast pieces smothered in a sweet and tangy lemon sauce. 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. 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.

Instructions to make Lemon chicken (chinese style):

1. Marinate chicken with soy sauce and salt for 30mins.
2. Mix all the ingredients for batter. If too runny, add some more corn flour. Mix it so that it will coat the chicken nicely
3. Coat the chicken into the batter and fry it until golden brown. Don't overcook. Strain the oil, put it on top of kitchen paper. Wipe it if you hate oily food.
4. For the sauce (you can make the sauce 1st while waiting for the chicken) : Melt butter under low heat. Pour chicken broth in.
5. When boiling, add lemon juice and sugar.
6. Dissolve corn flour with some water, pour inside sauce. Stir until it thicken. Add lemon slices and yellow food coloring (optional). Remove pan from heat.
7. Serve with rice and stir fry veggies.

I use chunks of boneless skinless chicken breasts, but chicken thighs will also work just fine. 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. Chinese lemon chicken recipe features Chinese fried chicken coated in a sweet and tangy lemon sauce. It's one of my most popular Chinese chicken dishes along with Sweet and Sour Chicken, Orange Chicken and Bourbon Chicken.

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