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Marion’s Best Lemon Chicken recipe | Marion's Kitchen

Name: Marion’s Best Lemon Chicken recipe | Marion's Kitchen
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 600g (1 lb 5 oz) chicken breast, cut into 1cm (⅜ inch) thick slice; 1 egg white, beaten well; 2 tsp Chinese Shaoxing wine*; 3 tsp soy sauce; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1½ tsp cornflour (cornstarch); sea salt; 1 lemon, thinly sliced; 2 spring onions (scallions), trimmed and very finely sliced on the diagonal; Coating; ¾ cup plain (all purpose) flour; ½ cup cornflour (cornstarch); 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp baking powder; Lemon sauce; ½ cup chicken stock; ¼ cup lemon juice; ⅓ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 2 tsp rice vinegar; 1 tbsp Chinese Shaoxing wine*; 2 tsp finely grated lemon zest; 1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch), mixed with 1½ tbsp water

Prep Time

20m

Cook Time

10m

Total Time

30m

This recipe for Marion's Best Lemon Chicken is a delicious combination of crispy chicken coated in a tangy lemon sauce. The chicken is marinated in a mixture of egg white, Shaoxing wine, and soy sauce, then coated in a flour mixture and fried until golden. Perfect for a flavorful weeknight meal.