Fried Chicken Slices with Lemon Sauce

Name: Fried Chicken Slices with Lemon Sauce (Ning meng chi p’ien)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 3 tablespoons soup stock; ¾ lb. chicken breast; 8 cups oil; 3 tablespoons flour; ½ teaspoon salt; 3 drops of yellow food coloring; 6 tablespoons cornstarch; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 tablespoon cold water; ½ tablespoon wine; ½ tablespoon light soy sauce; 3 tablespoons sugar; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 1 egg yolk; ⅛ teaspoon pepper

Ning meng chi p’ien

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

¾ lb. chicken breast
8 cups oil
3 drops <

Asia
Taiwan
Starter

Method

After removing the chicken skin, cut into 1-½ inch-wide by 2 inch-long thin slices. Marinate with the salt, wine, soy sauce, cornstarch, water, egg yolk and pepper. Soak about 10 minutes.
Mix seasoning sauce in a small bowl.
Mix 6 tablespoon of cornstarch and 3 tablespoons of flour on a plate. Use it to coat each piece of the chicken. Deep fry the chi