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.
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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. He must have made it up, and it was edible, so they served it, or she. I do hope others can help you as I wasn't that helpful sorry, but you can look up those two cookbooks for lemon chicken breast recipe. It is really good.
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)
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.
Mix together the flour and cornstarch for the chicken coating and pour it into a clean plastic bag. After the chicken has been marinating for 30 minutes remove the pieces of chicken from the bowl and place them in a plastic bag with the flour and cornstarch. Gather the top closed and shake the bag to coat the chicken strips.
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)
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
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