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Chinese Recipes - Lemon
Chicken Recipe
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Chinese Chicken
Recipes - Lemon Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
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4 boned chicken breasts
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2 eggs
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50 g/2 oz/1/2 cup corn-flour
(cornstarch)
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50 g/2 oz/1/2 cup plain
(all-purpose) flour
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150 ml/2/3 cup water
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groundnut (peanut) oil for
deep-frying
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250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup
chicken stock
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60 ml/5 tbsp lemon juice
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30 ml/2 tbsp rice wine or
dry sherry
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30 ml/2 tbsp corn-flour
(cornstarch)
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30 ml/2 tbsp tomato puree
(paste)
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1 head lettuce
Method:
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Cut each chicken breast into 4 pieces. Beat the
eggs, corn-flour and plain flour, adding just enough
water to make a thick batter.
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Place the chicken
pieces in the batter and stir until thoroughly
coated. Heat the oil and deep-fry the chicken until
golden brown and cooked through.
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Meanwhile, mix the stock, lemon juice, wine or
sherry, corn-flour and tomato puree and heat gently,
stirring, until the mixture comes to the boil.
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Simmer gently, stirring continuously, until the
sauce thickens and clears. Arrange the chicken on a
warmed serving plate on a bed of lettuce leaves and
either pour over the sauce or serve it separately.
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