Chinese Lemon Chicken Recipe with Homemade Sauce
This is an easy recipe to create Chinese lemon chicken with homemade sauce. You would never have to order in a restaurant or purchase the sauce packet from grocery stores again.
Equipment
- 1 Pan
- 1 Spatula
- 1 Bowl meat marination
- 1 Tablespoon meat marination
- 1 Plate plating
Ingredients
Meat Marination
- 1 300g Chicken fillet cubes
- 1 Tbsp Shaoxing wine
- 1 Dash Black pepper
- 1 Tbsp All purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp Sunflower oil or any frying oil works
Lemon Sauce
- 3 Tbsp Lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp Mirin or 1 tbsp of honey
- 1 Dash Salt
- 3 Tbsp Water
- 1 Tbsp All purpose flour
Pan Fry Chicken
- 1 Cup Sunflower oil
Instructions
Meat Marination
- Prepare 300g chicken fillet cubes in a bowl.
- Add 1 tablespoon of shaoxing wine.
- Add 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce.
- Sprinkle a dash of black pepper and mix the sauces evenly.
- Add 1 tablespoon of all purpose to the chicken and mix evenly.
- Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the chicken and mix evenly.
- Marinate the chicken for 10 minutes.
Lemon Sauce Recipe
- Prepare an empty bowl and add 3 tablespoons of lemon juice.
- Add 2 tablespoons of mirin or 1 tablespoon of honey.
- Sprinkle a dash of salt.
- Add 3 tablespoons of water and mix evenly.
- Finally, add 1 tablespoon of all purpose flour and mix evenly.
Pan Fry Chicken Cubes
- Gas stove on high heat and pour sunflower oil.
- Pan fry the chicken 3 minutes on each side.
- Set aside the chicken and prepare to heat up the sauce.
Lemon Sauce Stir Fry
- Once the same pan cools down slightly, add the lemon sauce and quickly stir fry for 10 seconds.
Final Chinese Lemon Chicken Stir Fry
- Quickly add back the chicken to the same pan. Stir fry until the chicken and sauce stick together. It will take less than 20 seconds.
- Plate the chicken, sprinkle sesame seeds and enjoy with a bowl of warm rice.
Notes
- If you want to create additional sauce for next usage, separate the additional portion and opt out all purpose flour to keep it fresh for three to five days.
- If you are deep frying the chicken, fry a total of 5 minutes.
- If the sauce is quickly drying up due to heat, switch off the gas and continue to stir till satisfaction.
- If you are doing a one pan cooking like me, let the pan slightly cool down before adding the lemon sauce to stir. This avoids the sauce to dry up quickly.