Steamed Lemon Chicken

Name: Steamed Lemon Chicken
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 1½ tablespoons oyster sauce; 1½ tablespoons light soy sauce; 1 tablespoon shaoxing; 1 tablespoon sugar; 2 teaspoons sea salt; 1 tablespoon peanut oil; 350 g (12 oz) free-range or organic chicken thigh fillets, skin on, each cut into 3 pieces; 2 spring onions (scallions), cut into julienne; a pinch of freshly ground white pepper; 1½ lemons, quartered lengthways

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Balance and Harmony

By Neil Perry

Published 2008

About

This steamed dish captures the natural flavour of chicken and is, of course, very very easy. The combination of lemon, oyster sauce and a pinch of white pepper is heaven. These light flavours are also great with all manner of seafood, and delightful with pork.

Ingredients

350 g (12 oz) free-range or organic chicken thigh fillets, skin on, each cut into 3

Asia
China
Dinner

Method

Place the chicken in a shallow heatproof bowl and squeeze the juice from the lemons over the top, then add the lemon skins to the bowl as well. Add all the marinade ingredients to the bowl, mix thoroughly and leave for 30 minutes.

Cover the bowl tightly with foil and place in a large bamboo steamer over a pot or a wok of rapidly boiling water. Put the lid on and