Chinese Lemon Chicken

Name: Chinese Lemon Chicken
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 100 g (3½ oz) cornflour (cornstarch); oil, for deep-frying; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) chicken stock; ½ teaspoon sesame oil; 2 teaspoons sugar; ½ teaspoon cornflour (cornstarch); 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) boneless, skinless chicken breasts; 1 spring onion (scallion), finely chopped; 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Starter
Main course

Method

Cut the chicken into slices. Place in a bowl, add the soy sauce, rice wine, spring onion, ginger and garlic, and toss lightly. Marinate in the fridge for at least 1 hour, or overnight.
Add the egg to the chicken mixture and toss lightly to coat. Drain off the excess and coat the chicken pieces with the cornflour. The easiest way to do this is to p