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Chinese Lemon Chicken
Easy Chinese Lemon Chicken with a sticky honey, lemon and garlic sauce. Better than takeout in less than 30 minutes!
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 30 min⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Karina Carrel📖 cafedelites
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- whisk
- pan
- skillet
- stove
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a large shallow bowl whisk egg, soy sauce and wine. Add in chicken, mix well and allow to marinate for ⏱️ 20 minutes, covered.
soy sauce2 tablespoons
2
Place corn starch into a large baking tray. Pour chicken and marinade into the corn starch and coat chicken pieces evenly, lightly pressing the corn starch around the chicken.
cup corn starch3/4corn starch (dissolved in 1 tablespoons water)1 teaspoons
3
Heat oil in a large wok, pan or skillet over medium-high heat on the stove top. When oil is hot (325°F | 165°C), shake off excess corn starch and fry chicken in batches in a single layer for about ⏱️ 5-6 minutes, turning half way during cooking, until golden and cooked through. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towel.
cup vegetable oil (or canola oil)1/2oil1 tablespooncup corn starch3/4corn starch (dissolved in 1 tablespoons water)1 teaspoons
4
Discard oil and wipe wok/pan over with paper towel. Heat a little oil over medium-high heat and sauté the garlic and ginger until fragrant (about ⏱️ 30 seconds). Add stock, soy sauce, lemon juice, sugar, honey, and a pinch of salt. Whisk and bring to a simmer until the sugar dissolves.
cup vegetable oil (or canola oil)1/2oil1 tablespoongarlic (minced )3 teaspoonsginger (ginger or finely grated)1 teaspoonsoy sauce2 tablespoonslemon juice (of one lemon, about 3-4 tablespoons)4 tablespoonssugar2 tablespoonshoney2 tablespoonssalt (to taste)1 pinch
5
Whisk corn starch mixture into the simmering sauce and stir until thickened. Add the fried chicken and toss until evenly coated in the sticky lemon sauce.
cup corn starch3/4corn starch (dissolved in 1 tablespoons water)1 teaspoons
6
Garnish with sesame seeds, green onions and lemon slices. Serve immediately for the crispiest texture.
sesame seeds (to garnish)1 teaspoongreen onions (thinly sliced to garnish)1 tablespoonlemon slices (to serve - optional)5
Nutrition Facts
calories
660 kcal
fat Content
37 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
4 g
sugar Content
19 g
sodium Content
1.254 mg
protein Content
38 g
trans Fat Content
0.2 g
cholesterol Content
143 mg
carbohydrate Content
47 g
saturated Fat Content
6 g
unsaturated Fat Content
28 g
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