Hong Kong-style lemon chicken
dinner · ⏱ 30 min · 4 portions · 55.0 g carbs / portion · allergens: egg, gluten
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3 pieces
chicken breast
775 ml
vegetable oil
3 pieces
pak choi
49.3 ml
sugar
19.7 ml
shaoxing wine
fine sea salt
to taste
45 ml
lemon juice
1 tsp
cornflour
140 g
cornflour
2 pieces
egg
130 ml
water
water
to taste
flatten chicken
breasts
score chicken
breasts
⏳
⏱ 30 min
marinate chicken
with sugar,
shaoxing wine,
soy sauce, white
pepper, and salt
🍳
⏱ 2 min
cook garlic and
ginger in oil
🍳
⏱ 0-1 min
pour in shaoxing
wine and cold
water and simmer
🍳
⏱ 1 min
stir in bouillon
powder, sugar,
custard powder,
and salt and cook,
stirring continuously
🍳
add lemon juice,
lemon zest,
sliced lemon, and
chilli and cook for
10 seconds,
stirring
🌀
mix cornflour
with water to
make a slurry
🍳
stir slurry into
sauce and cook
about 30 seconds
to thicken until
it coats the
back of a spoon
🍳
take off the
heat and set
lemon sauce
aside
🌀
whisk cornflour
with the eggs
until smooth
dust chicken
with cornflour
and dredge in
the batter
🌀
coat chicken
again in
remaining
cornflour
🍳
⏱ 2 min
cook pak choi in
oil, covered,,
turning once
halfway through
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⏱ 4 min
fry battered chicken,
flipping each breast
once halfway
through, then drain
on kitchen paper
🍳
warm up the
lemon sauce on a
low heat
🍳
⏱ 4 min
wait until very hot,
then fry chicken for 30
seconds until very
crisp, then drain again
on kitchen paper
🔪
cut fried
chicken into
2cm-wide strips
🍳
plate chicken with
pak choi and pour
over warm lemon
sauce, finish with
the remaining
tablespoon of lemon
juice, then serve
Hong Kong Lemon
Chicken 🍗
2 tsp
soy sauce
½ tsp
white pepper
1 piece
garlic clove
15 g
ginger
1 tsp
bouillon
powder
1 tsp
instant
custard powder
2 pieces
lemon
1½ tsp
lemon zest
1 piece
red chilli
5 ml
sugar
10 ml
shaoxing wine
soy sauce, white pepper
fine sea salt
20 g
cornflour
1 piece
egg
½ tsp
cornflour
60 g
cornflour
cornflour
15 ml
garlic clove, ginger
10 ml
10 ml
100 ml
bouillon powder, instant custard powder
44 ml
sugar
fine sea salt
22 ml
lemon juice
lemon, lemon zest, red chilli
½ tsp
cornflour
30 ml
water
60 g
1 piece
750 ml
vegetable oil
vegetable oil
22 ml
lemon juice
http://flowcooking.food/en-us/recipe/840/hong-kong-style-lemon-chicken/
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