Lemon Chicken Recipe
Delicious Indian-Chinese style dish of stir-fried chicken with soya sauce and spices. Makes for a great side with noodles or fried rice.
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Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
Marinade
- 300 grams (10 ounce) chicken boneless breast
- 1½ tbsp oil
- 1 tsp ginger fine grated
- 1½ to 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ¼ tsp salt (adjust to taste)
- ¼ tsp lemon zest (optional)
- ¾ tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
- ⅛ tsp turmeric (optional)
Other ingredients
- ½ tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp ginger chopped or minced
- ½ tbsp garlic chopped or minced
- 1 green chili slit
- 1 medium yello onion chopped
- ½ tsp sugar
- 1 tsp cajun seasoning or garam masala or ¼ tsp all-spice
- ½ tbsp soya sauce
- 8 to 10 mint leaves or handful of coriander leaves fine chopped
How to make the recipe
- Mix chicken with the rest of the ingredients mentioned under marinade. Cover and rest for at least one hour to overnight in the refrigerator.
- Heat oil in a pan and saute ginger garlic for a minute. Add onions, chilies, sugar and salt. Saute until the onions turn transparent, for 4 to 5 mins.
- Add marinated chicken and saute for 2 mins. Stir in the spice blend and pour the soya sauce. Saute on a medium heat until the chicken is cooked through, for another 3 mins.
- Taste test to adjust salt, sauce or spices. Add mint leaves and saute for another 1 min until they wilt and turn aromatic.
- Serve lemon chicken with onion wedges alongside fried rice or noodles.
NUTRITION (estimation only)
Calories: 312kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 219mg | Potassium: 202mg | Vitamin A: 340IU | Vitamin C: 2.4mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg
