[Chinese Recipes] Lemon Chicken

Want a different take on an amazing Chinese takeout dish? This Chinese Lemon Chicken is one of the best dishes I have made when it comes to making great takeout dishes. The best part? It takes no time to make this simple chicken dinner.

If you have been around here for any length of time, you know I love to make delicious takeout dishes right in my own kitchen.

One of my most popular recipes is this Mongolian Ground Beef Noodles recipe. Another great recipe you can make is my quick 15 Minute Beef and Broccoli recipe.

For this recipe, I wanted something similar to Orange Chicken — which I am not a big fan of, so when I discovered you could make Chinese Lemon Chicken, I was all in for this recipe.

How to Make Chinese Lemon Chicken

This chicken dish starts just like my General Tso Chicken or my Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken. The chicken is diced and then coated in a flour/cornstarch mixture and then dipped in eggs.

The chicken is fried until golden brown, but not done all the way. I transfer all the chicken to a dish and then top with the sticky lemon sauce. Of course, you can make this same dish but instead of a lemon sauce, you can make your own homemade sweet and sour sauce.

Then I finish baking it in the oven until the chicken is done on the inside, about 20 minutes.

I then remove it from the oven and after tossing it in the sauce and plate it up.

As the chicken cools, the sauce thickens for the perfect bite of lemon flavor. If lemon is your thing, be sure and check out these amazing Pioneer Woman Lemon Bars for the perfect dessert.

Chinese Lemon Chicken

This is one of the best takeout chicken recipes you will make.

PREP TIME: 15 minutes
COOK TIME: 20 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 35 minutes

Ingredients

For the chicken

• (4) Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts (cut into bite-size pieces)
• 3 large Eggs
• 1/3 cup Cornstarch
• 1/3 cup Flour

Salt
For the Lemon Sauce:

• 1/2 cup Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice (from about 2-3 lemons)
• 2/3 cup Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Vinegar
• 2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon Ginger Powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
• 1 Lemon Zest (from one lemon)
• 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch

This recipe and image sources are referred in website: Chinasichuanfood.com. Thanks so much!