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Lemon Chicken

How to make healthier Chinese take-out: Lemon Chicken.

Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese

Ingredients

  • 500 gms – 1 lb chicken tenderloins cut into small bite-size cubes
Marinade
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
Batter
  • ¾ cup water
  • 115 gms – 4 oz. all-purpose flour
  • 55 gms – 2 oz. corn starch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoon vegetable oil plus more for deep frying
  • 1 pinch of salt
Lemon sauce
  • ½ cup lemon juice
  • 2 lices of lemon
  • 3 tbsp sugar to adjust depending on the sourness of the lemons
  • ½ cup chicken broth
  • ¾ tablespoons cornstarch
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • yellow food colouring optional – I don’t normally add this
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