Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, lemon chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Seasoned, browned chicken breasts slow cooked with lemon juice, garlic, and chicken bouillon. A wonderful 'fix and forget' recipe that is easy and pleases just about everyone. Great served with rice or pasta, or even alone. Transfer chicken to a serving platter, and keep warm.
Lemon Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Lemon Chicken is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon chicken using 9 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon Chicken:
- Take 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts; sliced very thin
- Prepare 1 large jalapeño; thin half moons
- Make ready 1 yellow onion; medium dice
- Make ready 2 cloves garlic
- Take 2 C chicken stock
- Get 1 C lemon juice (freshly squeezed only)
- Take 2 T cornstarch + more for dusting chicken
- Make ready 1/2 C soy sauce
- Get 2 T sesame oil
Chicken Piccata with Lemon Sauce Once you've tried this tangy, yet delicate lemon chicken piccata, you won't hesitate to make it for company. Seasoned with parmesan and parsley, the chicken cooks up golden brown, then is drizzled with a light lemon sauce. —Susan Pursell, Fountain Valley, California Lemon Chicken Recipe: This dish is going to become a favorite chicken dinner recipe for BUSY evenings. The chicken breast is generously coated in parmesan and pan-fried to give it a crispy crust. The chicken is then smothered in a lemon butter sauce with garlic that adds so much flavor to the chicken.
Steps to make Lemon Chicken:
- Marinate chicken with soy sauce and sesame oil overnight.
- Pat dry with paper towels.
- Combine stock and lemon juice. Grate the garlic into the mixture and stir.
- Cover chicken with enough corn starch to coat.
- Heat a large saute pan with plenty of oil. This is a pan fry, not a saute.
- Shake off excess cornstarch. Fry chicken in two batches as not to overcrowd the pan. Set chicken aside atop paper towels.
- Add onion and jalapeño. Fry quickly over high heat until onion softens, about 1 minute.
- Add sauce and scrape up the brown bits with a wooden spoon.
- Add chicken. Cook 30 seconds.
- Whisk together cornstarch and water. Pour into the pan while stirring. Cook 1 minute to thicken sauce and reheat chicken.
- Variations: Rice vinegar, mirin, tamari, ginger, chives, crushed pepper flakes, tamarind, orange, habanero, almond, cashew, arugula, spinach, asparagus, basil, parsley, thyme, oregano, artichoke, avocado, green beans, bell pepper, broccoli,cardamom, celery, carrots, cauliflower, chives, coconut, coriander, corn, edamame, eggplant, fennel, whole grains, hazelnut, honey, leeks, lime, ponzu, mushroom, mustard, oregano, pasta, peas, pecans, poppy seed, radicchio, radish, wild rice, rosemary, saffron
- Cont'd: shallot, sugar snap peas, squash, tea, tarragon, tofu, wasabi, white wine, white wine vinegar, champagne vinegar, sherry vinegar, white vinegar
The chicken breast is generously coated in parmesan and pan-fried to give it a crispy crust. The chicken is then smothered in a lemon butter sauce with garlic that adds so much flavor to the chicken. Brush the chicken breasts with olive oil and sprinkle them liberally with salt and pepper. In a shallow bowl, combine flour and pepper; dredge the chicken. Place chicken breasts in a gallon-size resealable plastic bag.
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