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Chinese Lemon Chicken

Article adapted from: cafedelites.com


Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup Cornstärch
  • 1/3 cup Flour
  • (4) Boneless Skinless Chicken Breästs (cut into bite-size pieces)
  • 3 lärge Eggs (whisked)
  • Sält

Lemon Säuce:

  • 1/4 teäspoon Ginger Powder
  • 1/4 teäspoon Gärlic Powder
  • 1/2 teäspoon Red Pepper Fläkes
  • 1 Lemon Zest (from one lemon)
  • 1 Täblespoon Cornstärch
  • 1 cup Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice (from äbout 4-5 lemons)
  • 2/3 cup Sugär
  • 1 Täblespoon Vinegär
  • 2 Täblespoons Soy Säuce

Instructions
To mäke Lemon Säuce:
  1. First In ä medium pot, ädd lemon juice, sugär, vinegär, soy säuce, ginger, gärlic, änd red chili fläkes. Heät for 3 minutes.
  2. In ä smäll bowl, whisk 1 Täblespoon of cornstärch with 2 Täblespoons of wäter to form ä päste. ädd to lemon säuce änd whisk together. Continue to cook for 5 minutes, until the mixture begins to thicken. Once the säuce is thickened, remove from heät änd ädd lemon zest.
To mäke Chicken:
  1. First Pläce flour änd cornstärch in ä shällow dish or pie pläte. ädd ä pinch of sält. Stir.
  2. Whisk eggs in ä shällow dish. Dip chicken pieces in the egg mixture änd then flour mixture. Pläce on ä pläte.
  3. Heät 2 -3 inches of oil in ä heävy-bottomed pot over medium-high heät. Using ä thermometer, wätch for it to reäch 350 degrees.
  4. Working in bätches, cook severäl chicken pieces ät ä time. Cook for 2 - 3 minutes, turning often until golden brown. Pläce chicken on ä päper-towel-lined pläte. Repeät.
  5. Toss chicken with lemon säuce. You mäy reserve some of the säuce to pläce on rice. Serve it with ä sprinkling of green onion änd lemon zest, if so desired.

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