Lemon Chicken

Source - http://soar.berkeley.edu/recipes/ethnic/chinese/chicken/lemon-chicken9.rec

Serves - 3 to 6 people, depending if you serve it with rice or other food.

Total Time - 20 - 30 minutes.

Ingredients

Batter & Chicken

  • 4 - 6 Whole boneless, skinless, chicken breasts
  • 1/2 cup Cornstarch
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon Pepper
  • 1/4 cup Water
  • 4 Egg yolks, slightly beaten
  • 4 Green onions, sliced (optional)
  • A few cups of oil to fry the meat

Lemon Sauce

  • 1 1/2 cups Water
  • 1/2 cup Lemon juice
    • Just use the "Real Lemon - Lemon Juice" that comes in the green bottle in the store.
  • 3 1/2 tablespoons Packed light brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons Cornstarch
  • 3 tablespoons Honey
  • 2 tablespoons Instant chicken bouillon Granules
    • This is equivalent to two of those yellow square chicken boullion cubes.  Just throw them in the microwave with a bit of water for a few minutes to get them to dissolve.
  • 1 teaspoon Grated pared fresh ginger Root (optional)

 

Preparation

FOR CHICKEN:

  1. Remove skin from chicken and discard. Cut breasts in half. Remove and discard bones. Pound chicken breasts lightly with mallet or rolling pin.
    • Save your self the time of taking out the skin and bones.  Just buy skinless & boneless chicken.
  2. Combine cornstarch, salt and pepper in small bowl. Gradually blend in water and egg yolks.
  3. Pour oil into wok. Heat over high heat until oil reaches 375 degrees F. Dip chicken breasts, one at a time, into cornstarch-egg yolk mixture. Fry breasts two to four at a time (depending on size of wok), in hot oil until golden, about 5 minutes. Drain breasts on absorbent paper. Keep warm while cooking remaining chicken.
  4. Cut each breast into three or four pieces and arrange on serving plate. Sprinkle with onions.

FOR SAUCE:

  1. Combine all ingredients in medium saucepan. Stir until blended. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sauce boils and thickens, about 5 minutes. Pour over chicken.

 

My Comments

  • The original recipe called for 4 chicken breasts, but there was enough dipping mixture, and lemon sauce left over that you could probably increase it to 6 or more.  Also, there was so much lemon sauce left over, that you could probably save it and use it 2 additional times.