This chicken and cream sauce is wonderful served over a bed of basmati rice that has been cooked in chicken broth with a splash of lemon juice added, or over buttered egg noodles.
Combine the 1/2 cup of flour, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl; add chicken and coat well.
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium/medium-high heat and cook the chicken for 8 to 9 minutes on each side or until juices run clear. Remove chicken and keep warm.
Add broth to the drippings. Bring to a boil over medium heat and stir, loosening browned bits from pan. Simmer, uncovered for 10 minutes or until broth is reduced to 1/3 cup. Stir in the 3/4 cup cream and lemon juice and cook over medium low heat for 5 minutes.
Stir in the remaining flour and 1/4 cup cream in the skillet until smooth and bring to a boil. Cook 2 minutes, stirring, or until thickened. Return chicken to the skillet, heat through and serve.
By Deeli from Richland, WA
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Citrusy with Asian flavors, and easy to make. Serve over rice.
Combine flour, 1 tsp. salt and paprika in paper bag. Brush chicken with lemon juice. Add 2-3 pieces of chicken at a time to the bag and shake well. Brown chicken slowly in hot shortening.
Of course, I like it because it is an easy to do recipe and delicious at the same time.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Rinse chicken; pat dry. Arrange chicken in 8x12 baking pan. Combine 2/3 cup parsley, 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, oil, 1/3 cup pecans, lemon juice, basil and garlic in blender container.
Place chicken in baking dish with lid. Sprinkle with salt, and pepper. Top with mushrooms. Mix together the bouillon cube, hot water, lemon juice, and margarine. Slowly pour over chicken.
Combine first 6 ingredients for marinade. Marinate chicken overnight (or all day). Cook chicken on grill, basting with marinade. Or may broil or bake in oven, as you would normally do chicken.
In a shallow dish or plastic bag, combine all ingredients except chicken. Mix well and add chicken pieces. Cover dish, marinate in refrigerator 4 hours or overnight.
Put oil in pan, add paprika,, salt, pepper, and place chicken in pan. Add oregano, lemon peel and lemon juice on the chicken.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Wash chicken pieces and pat dry. Place chicken in shallow pan. In small saucepan, melt margarine. Stir in mustard, lemon juice, tarragon and salt.
In a pressure cooker, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender; remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Brown the chicken, a few pieces at a time, in the cooker. Return onion mixture and all chicken to pan.
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Does anyone have a recipe for Lemon Chicken where the lemon sauce tastes like Lemon Meringue pie? There was a Chinese restaurant here that use to serve it, and it was delicious.
Hi, that sounds great. What about using the lemon meringue pie recipe using a little less sugar and corn starch.
I have searched every chicken recipe known to cookbooks there is only lemon chicken recipe that I can find in the cookbook Not Just beans and Cooking for Joy. You will have to go to that restaurant and ask the cook/chef for the recipe.
This sounds close:
Lemon Chicken (Adapted from Chinese Cookery by Rose Cheng and Michele Morris)
Marinade
1 tsp salt
4 tsp rice wine or dry sherry, (I've also used rice wine vinegar)
2 tsp soy sauce
1 egg yolk
Freshly grated pepper
Lemon sauce
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup chicken broth
2 T water
1/2 tsp salt
1 T cornstarch
1 tsp sesame oil
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
Zest of 1 lemon
Coating
6 T cornstarch
2 T all purpose flour
1 lb skinned, boned chicken breasts, cut into strips
Combine chicken and marinade in a medium bowl and mix well. Cover and let stand 30 minutes.
Combine the ingredients of the lemon sauce in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally and more often when nearing the boiling point. Once sauce has thickened, remove from the heat and cover.
Use Jello Lemon Pudding and Pie Filling mix and add the juice of one lemon. Thin it out a little.
OR use Yoplait Lemon Meringue Yoghurt.
PLUS ask the chef.
I am an Executive Chef. I subcontract EVERYTHING. lol
The recipe is for Lemon Chicken and you can find it on
http://www.CDkitchen.com
It is just what you find in the Chinese restaurants. Good Luck.
Recipe
Deep-Fried Lemon Chicken
Crispy Chunks of Chicken in Sweet Lemon Sauce
Serves 2-3
2 bell peppers, (1 green and 1 red)
1 lb
(500 g) boneless chicken breast
BATTER
1/2 cup
(50 g) flour
1/4 cup
(40 g) cornstarch
1/2 tsp
(2.5 ml) double-acting baking powder
1/4 tsp
(1 ml) salt
1/2 tsp
(2.5 ml) vegetable oil
SAUCE
1 lemon
3 Tbsp
(40 g) sugar
1/2 cup
(12 cl) water
1 tsp
(5 ml) cornstarch
2 tsp
(10 ml) water
sprigs of parsley
1
Wash and seed the peppers. Cut each one into strips 2 x 1/4 inches (5 cm x 5 mm)
2
Cut the boneless chicken breast into strips 3 x 1/2 inches (1 x 8 cm)
3
Prepare the batter by mixing in a bowl the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, water, and oil. Stir until smooth.
4
Cut half of the lemon into thin semicircular slices. Prepare the lemon sauce by squeezing the juice from the other half of the lemon and combining in a cup with the sugar and water. Stir well.
5
Combine 1 tsp (5 ml) cornstarch and 2 tsp (10 ml) water in a second cup. This mixture will be used later to thicken the lemon sauce.
6
Dip each piece of chicken in the batter and let the excess drip back into the bowl.
7
Deep fry the chicken in small batches. It is best to use an electric deep fryer, but if this is not available, heat 1 quart (1 liter) of vegetable oil in a wok or deep pan until it is very hot. Then add about 5 pieces of chicken at a time to the oil and cook, covered, for about 5 minutes or until a golden brown crust forms. Check once a minute to see if the pieces are sticking together, and if so, separate them. After each batch is finished, set aside on a paper towel to drain off the excess oil.
8
Cook the lemon sauce by pouring the lemon-sugar mixture into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the cornstarch-water mixture and stir until thickened.
9
To please the eye as well as the palate, mix up the chicken and colored pepper pieces and pile on a plate. Top with sprigs of parsley and place the lemon slices around the outside of the plate. Put the hot lemon sauce in a cup so that people can pour it over their chicken just before eating, to keep it crispy.
Serve with rice. Don't forget to start the rice so that it will be done at the same time as the chicken.
A nice-looking dish for company. The deep-fried chicken pieces can also be served as party snacks instead of junk food.
RATING
Difficulty: With an electric deep fryer, easy; without one, moderate.
Time: 45 minutes.
Precision: Measure the batter ingredients.
Hi. Thanks for all the help! I will have to try some of these and see which is closest. I can't go back to that restaurant and ask for a recipe because it is long gone, replaced by a big Chinese buffet. Besides, I think that there is a possibility that the restaurant used a packaged mix brought by a supply truck. But some of these recipes sound like they might work. Donna
Now that I have returned to work, I need quick and easy recipes that can be adapted to use cuts of meat that I have already. This recipe can be modified for the number of people you need to serve.
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Here's an excellent Lemon Chicken recipe I've made for a couple of decades. It sounds like a lot of work but it really isn't and the end results are yummy, very healthy and well worth the effort
