Crispy Chinese Lemon Chicken Recipe
This meat recipe was extracted from a YouTube cooking video and organized into 13 ingredients with step-by-step instructions.
Ingredients list
Chicken
Batter and Coating
Lemon Sauce
Cooking steps
Crispy Chinese Lemon Chicken
1. Preparing the batter
Whisk together flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking powder in a bowl. Store in the fridge.
2. Preparing the chicken
Flatten the chicken thighs using a meat mallet. Season both sides with salt and coat each piece with cornstarch.
3. Making the batter and first fry
Add cold soda water to the flour mixture and whisk to combine. Dip the floured chicken into the batter and fry for 3 minutes. Remove and place on a wire rack or paper towel.
4. Cooling the chicken
Let the chicken rest and cool for 20 minutes.
5. Making the lemon sauce
In a saucepan, combine cornstarch, sugar, chicken stock, lemon juice, Chinese cooking wine, grated garlic, and grated ginger. Whisk together and cook until thickened.
6. Second fry and serving
Fry the chicken again for another 3 minutes until golden and crispy. Slice the chicken, arrange over rice, and pour the lemon sauce over it.
