Chinese Lemon Chicken
Chinese Lemon chicken with an addictive sweet and tangy sauce. An easy weeknight dinner much better than takeout!
Servings Prep Time
4people 20minutes
Cook Time
15minutes
Servings Prep Time
4people 20minutes
Cook Time
15minutes
Ingredients
Chicken
Sweet tangy sauce
Instructions
For the chicekn
  1. In a large bowl add the chicken pieces, lemon juice, and season well with salt and pepper. Marinate the chicken for 20 minutes.
  2. Coat the marinated chicken with tapioca (see notes)and corn starch. Coat the chicken pieces evenly, pressing the starch around the chicken.
  3. Heat the oil in a frying pan or wok over medium heat. When oil is hot, shake off excess starch and pan fry the chicken in batches in a single layer for about 5 minutes, turning half way during cooking, until golden brown and cooked through. Drain on plate lined with paper towel. Wipe away remaining oil in the wok or frying pan.
For the sauce
  1. To the same pan add in all ingridents for the sauce and give it a good whisk. Heat the sauce on medium low heat for 2-3 minutes.
  2. Toss the chicken in the sauce till evenly coated and garnish it with green onions. Serve immediately. Alternatively you can also serve the sauce on the side.
Recipe Notes

Tapoica starch: You can swap out tapioca starch for regular flour.

Sugar: If your prefer swap regular white sugar with monk fruit sugar or coconut sugar