Easiest Way to Make Tasty Lemon chicken (chinese style)

Lemon chicken (chinese style). 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.

Just a few ingredients and you'll be glad you didn't pick up the phone and call your favorite delivery spot. This is my newly developed Chinese lemon chicken recipe that has been well tested. The goal is to create a method with chicken that is crispy even after doused with the sauce, and the outstanding lemon flavor lingers on your palate. You can cook Lemon chicken (chinese style) using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lemon chicken (chinese style)

1. You need of MARINATE.
2. You need of soy sauce.
3. Prepare of of salt.
4. It's of BATTER.
5. It's of egg.
6. You need of baking powder.
7. Prepare of water..
8. You need of of salt.
9. Prepare of of pepper.
10. It's of corn flour.
11. It's of SAUCE.
12. Prepare of lemon juice.
13. You need of sugar.
14. It's of chicken broth.
15. Prepare of corn flour.
16. Prepare of butter.
17. It's of lemon.
18. Prepare of yellow food coloring (optional).
19. It's of MAIN INGREDIENT.
20. It's of skinless, boneless chicken breast (cut into cubes).

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. Why order take out when you can make your own Chinese lemon chicken at home? There are a few different versions of lemon chicken out there, all coming from different countries.

Lemon chicken (chinese style) instructions

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..

Add chicken and toss until coated. 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. Lemon chicken is the name of several dishes found in cuisines around the world which include chicken and lemon.

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