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Crispy Chinese Lemon Chicken

This recipe for Crispy Chinese Lemon Chicken yields chicken coated in a crisp and crunchy batter, coated in a sweet and tangy lemon sauce.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian, Chinese
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 227kcal
Author Michelle

Ingredients

Chicken:

  • 1 large chicken breast cut into small pieces
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Batter for chicken:

  • ½ C all-purpose flour
  • ¼ C potato starch or cornstarch
  • ¼ C rice flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¾ C cold water

For frying:

  • peanut oil or high smoke-point vegetable oil

Lemon sauce:

  • juice of 2 lemons
  • 3-4 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • ½ C chicken stock or cold water

Instructions

Season the chicken:

  • In a bowl, mix the cut chicken pieces with cornstarch, sea salt and black pepper.
  • Let it sit for 15-20 minutes in the fridge.

Make the batter:

  • In a mixing bowl, combine all-purpose flour, potato starch, rice flour, baking powder and sea salt.
  • Add in the cold water and stir until combined.
  • The batter should be slightly thick, but smooth and gloopy.

Fry the chicken:

  • Heat up a pot of frying oil over medium high heat, until it reaches a temperature reaches 375F.
  • Coat pieces of chicken in the batter and carefully drop into the hot frying oil.
  • Fry in batches, for about 5-7 minutes, until crisp and golden in color.
  • Remove with a slotted spoon an drain on paper towel.
  • Repeat with the remaining chicken.

Make the lemon sauce:

  • In a small saucepan, combine lemon juice and sugar.
  • Bring to a simmer.
  • Combine chicken stock and cornstarch in a bowl and add it to the lemon mixture.
  • Bring to a boil and cook until the lemon sauce thickens.
  • Give it a taste and adjust with additional sugar as needed.

Assemble: (just prior to serving)

  • Add the fried battered chicken pieces into the lemon sauce and coat well.

Nutrition

Calories: 227kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 688mg | Potassium: 251mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 12IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 130mg | Iron: 1mg