Asian Style Lemon Chicken

When you go to China and you crave for this Asian Style Lemon Chicken dish; don’t be surprised if you cannot find one. Though this dish have a Cantonese origin it is very uncommon in China as they don’t use a lot of lemons in Chinese cuisine. This wonderful Chinese rendition of fried chicken is popular everywhere except in China.

Asian Style Lemon Chicken 2

When you go to China and you crave for this dish; don’t be surprised if you cannot find one. Though this dish have a Cantonese origin it is very uncommon in China as they don’t use a lot of lemons in Chinese cuisine. This wonderful Chinese rendition of fried chicken is popular everywhere except in China. A very refreshing deep fried chicken dish that goes well with plain boiled rice and steamed vegetables; a deep fried dish that doesn’t leave an oily taste in your palate. Thanks to that citrus flavours of the sauce which gives it a fresh taste.

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Asian Style Lemon Chicken

  • Author: Raymund
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 25 mins
  • Total Time: 40 mins
  • Yield: 4-5 1x
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: Chinese

Description

When you go to China and you crave for this Asian Style Lemon Chicken dish; don’t be surprised if you cannot find one. Though this dish have a Cantonese origin it is very uncommon in China as they don’t use a lot of lemons in Chinese cuisine. This wonderful Chinese rendition of fried chicken is popular everywhere except in China.


Ingredients

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Fried Chicken

  • 800 g boneless chicken thighs, cut into strips
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup corn starch
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • oil, for deep frying

Lemon Sauce

  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup pineapple juice
  • 2 tbsp malt vinegar
  • 4 tbsp brown sugar
  • juice from 1 lemon
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • freshly ground black pepper

Garnishes

  • chopped spring onions
  • sliced lemons

Instructions

  1. In a saucepan combine all Lemon Sauce ingredients, mix well until free of lumps.
  2. Place in low heat and bring to a boil, simmer in low heat for 10 minutes. Set aside.
  3. Season chicken with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  4. Combine flour, corn starch and garlic powder. Lightly season it with salt them place in a shallow dish.
  5. Dredge chicken pieces in flour mixture then into the butter milk then to the flour mixture again then place in a pre-heated deep fryer and fry chicken for 5-6 minutes or until cooked and golden brown in colour.
  6. Place cooked chicken in a paper towel lined plate to remove excess oil then place them in a serving plate drizzles with lemon glaze and garnished with chopped spring onions and sliced lemons.

 

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7 Responses

  1. Always a favourite – Raymund – your recipe looks great.

  2. Dear Raymund,

    Your recipe looks decidedly better than so many Chinese restaurants that have bastardized this dish to death.

  3. Kristy says:

    This looks so good! I’m always impressed by the look of your fried dishes. They are always so good looking and make me so hungry!

  4. Gorgeous juicy chicken morsels you have there Raymund! Love the delicious crunch and sweet n tangy sauce of lemon chicken. Always will 🙂

  5. suituapui says:

    Ahhhhh!!! My girl’s favourite dish! Glad you used fresh lemon sauce, made from scratch. Some here will just use those lemon essence with its horrendous yellow colour…and equally horrendous taste. Disgusting!

  6. How do you make your fried food look so dang tasty? My photographs of fried food just dont do the taste of the dish justice. Looks like a great recipe, I shall add to the weekday dinner list. YuM!

  7. One of my fav dishes! Thanks for inspiring me to cook this again, more weekend cooking inspiration!!

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