Chinese-style lemon chicken: easy and tasty recipe
Discover the recipe for Chinese-style lemon chicken: ingredients, steps and side dishes. Learn how to prepare this delicious dish at home.
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It’s one of the best-known and most popular dishes of Chinese cuisine: we are talking about lemon chicken, of course. Although how it’s prepared and presented depends on the establishment in question, we are generally see lemon chicken breast in batter and with a few slices of lemon on the side, which is the typical way it’s served in Western Chinese restaurants. This delicious classic can be replicated at home – discover how!
Ingredients for lemon chicken
To prepare our lemon chicken, we will need the following ingredients:
- 2 chicken breasts
- 2 lemons
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 100 ml chicken broth
- 50 ml soy sauce
- sunflower oil for frying
- 1 egg
Chinese-style lemon chicken recipe step-by-step
Follow the steps of this lemon-chicken recipe:
- Cut three thin slices of lemon and squeeze the rest of the two lemons.
- In a saucepan, cook the lemon juice together with the sugar, stock, a spoonful of cornstarch and the three lemon slices. Then, let it simmer until it thickens.
- Marinate the chicken breasts in soy sauce for about 30 minutes. We can cut them crosswise if we see that they are too thick.
- Mix the other spoonful of cornstarch with the beaten egg and, with this mixture, we coat the breasts once drained. Fry them until golden brown.
- Cut the breasts into small strips to make it easier to eat our lemon chicken with chopsticks.
- Next, it’s time to plate the dish. We will use a dish in which we will put three slices of lemon and cover with half of the lemon sauce. Then, place the chicken on top, pour the rest of the sauce also on top of the breast and take it immediately to the table so that it does not get cold.
What to accompany lemon chicken breasts with
What to serve with lemon chicken? It is best to serve it with other iconic dishes of Chinese culture, which will surely go perfectly with this dish. For example, the classic fried rice will work very well with this recipe, but also some spring rolls will be a great alternative. Enjoy!
