Asian Lemon Chicken
A favorite chinese restaurant dish that can easily be made at home.
Equipment
- Wok or large skillet
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast cut into ½ inch cubes
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 1½ tsp soy sauce
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 lemon, zested
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 cup flour
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated
- 2 tsp corn starch, dissolved in 2 tbsp water
- vegetable oil, for frying
- 1 tsp sesame seeds, for garnish
- 1 stalk green onion, sliced
Marinade:
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Chinese shaoxing wine
- 1 egg white, lightly whisked
Instructions
- Cut chicken breast into ½ inch pieces. Season chicken with salt.
- Place cubed chicken in a bowl and add marinade ingredients. Mix together to coat chicken pieces. Allow chicken to marinate for 20 minutes while you prepare the remaining ingredients.
- In a small bowl, whisk together chicken broth, soy sauce and sugar. Set aside.
- In another small bowl, combine lemon juice and zest. Set aside.
- In another bowl mix together corn starch and water. Set aside.
- Place enough oil in a wok or large saucepan for deep frying the chicken pieces and heat over high heat.
- While oil heats on the stove, place flour in a large tray or dish. Add the marinated chicken pieces, including the marinade to the flour.
- Use your hands to massage the chicken pieces and press the flour into the chicken to coat it. Shake off excess flour.
- Once the oil is hot add the flour coated chicken pieces to the hot oil and fry until golden brown. Do not crowd chicken in the pan, cook in 2-3 batches.
- Drain cooked chicken pieces on a plate lined with paper towels to drain.
- In a clean pan over medium high heat, add a tablespoon of oil. Add garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant, about 15 seconds.
- Add chicken broth/soy sauce/sugar mixture. Cook for about 2-3 minutes or until sugar has dissolved.
- Add lemon juice and zest to the pan and simmer for about 30 seconds.
- Stir in cornstarch slurry and cook until sauce starts to turn glossy and thickens slightly.
- Add the fried chicken pieces to the lemon sauce and stir to coat with the lemon sauce.
- Serve lemon glazed fried chicken over a bed of steamed white rice.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and sliced green onions.